Question

The sales tax on a $250 computer is 17.50. find the sales tax rate.

Answer 1

if we take 250 to be the 100%, what is 17.50 off of it in percentage?


`\bf \begin{array}{ccll} amount&\%\\ \text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\ 250&100\\ 17.50&t \end{array}\implies \cfrac{250}{17.50}=\cfrac{100}{t}\implies t=\cfrac{17.50\cdot 100}{250}`