Question

After sales tax, a $600 antique clock costs $642. What is the sales tax percentage?

Answer 1

Answer is 7% sales Tax

Explanation:

I first like to take one percent of the original value, in this case 1% of 600 is 6 dollars. I then multiply 6 by the number needed to get to 642, which is 107- you will always then subtract 100 from this number and you get 7%. This should work for other problems as well. This is probably not the best explanation btw

Answer 2

well, clearly the tax is the added 42 bucks, so hmmm if we take 600 to be the 100%, how much is 42 off of it in percentage?

`\begin{array}{ccll} amount&\%\\ \cline{1-2} 600 & 100\\ 42& x \end{array} \implies \cfrac{600}{42}=\cfrac{100}{x}\implies \cfrac{100}{7}=\cfrac{100}{x} \\\\\\ 100x=700\implies x=\cfrac{700}{100}\implies x=7`