Question

A family buys groceries for $150.52, including $10.80 in taxes. The bill includes $24.72 worth of items that are not taxable. Find the sales tax rate. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Answer 1

the sales tax rate is 8.59%

Explanation:

The computation of the sales tax rate is as follows:

= Tax value ÷ Total taxes

= $10.80 ÷ ($150.52 - $24.72)

= $10.80 ÷ $125.80

= 8.59%

Hence, the sales tax rate is 8.59%

We simply applied the above formula to determine the sales tax rate