Sales tax in the United States is applied by the individual states, or by their subsidiaries - counties and cities. As a result, the percent of a purchase that is tax varies depending at the least on what state you are making the purchase is. A few states have no sales tax at all.
take the amount of the sales tax and divide it by the percent of the tax... i was on that same question on my hw
The tax on a $12.40 purchase at 7.5% is 93 cents.
The total tax is $38.89
6%
The tax rate was about 7.5%
The total tax is $1.14 and the total price with tax is $24.90
The total tax is $110.00
The total tax is $0.11 and the total price with tax is $1.41
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$7.20
The total tax is $1.40
The sales tax is $48.65