Question

A new laptop computer costs $800. The sales tax on the computer is $48. What is the PERCENT of the sales tax?

Answer 1

6% sales tax

Explanation:

48 / 800 = x / 100

What did you do to turn 800 into 100? Divide by 8.

Since we divided the denominator by 8, we also divide the numerator by 8.

48 / 8 = 6

6% sales tax