Question

After sales tax, a $90 lamp costs
$95.40. What is the sales tax
percentage?

Answer 1

the sales tax percentage is 6%

Explanation:

To solve this you want to first find what percent $95.40 is of $90. Then we can subtract 100% to find the extra percent (the sales tax).

95.40 is what percent of 90?

95.40 = X · 90

Divide by 90 on both sides.

1.06 = X

So now we know that 95.40 is 106% of 90. We subtract 100% from 106% to get 6%. Therefore the sales tax percentage is 6%.