Question

The sales tax is 48 on the the purchase of a dining room set for 1200 . find the sales tax rate

Answer 1

Given:

sales tax is 48 and puurchase cost is 1200.

Let x be the sales tax rate.

`48=1200*(x)/(100)`
`48=12* x`
`(48)/(12)=x`
`x=4`

Therefore, the sales tax rate is 4%.