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Question

At Cathy's Cafe, you pay $0.33 as food tax, and you pay a total of $11.18. What percent is your tax? Round to the nearest
whole number

Answer 1

3%

Explanation:

percent of two numbers x and y

x as a percent of y is given by x/y * 100

given

Total bill = $11.18

in the bill , tax amount = $0.33

thus,

tax as percent of total bill is = tax amount /Total bill * 100

tax as percent of total bill is = 0.33 /11.18 * 100= 2.95 %

Thus,

tax percentage is 2.95%

tax percentage to nearest whole number is 3%