Question

Wahaj buys a pizza for rs 800.A week later,the same piza costs rs 900.When wahaj asks the manger for the reason ,he explain that the government has imposed a general sales tax on all resturants .What is the general sale tax percentage

Answer 1

12.5%

Explanation:

The price increased from 800 to 900. So what is the PERCENTAGE INCREASE??

The increase is 900 - 800 = 100

To find this in terms of original, we need to divide 100 by 800 and multiply by 100 to get the "percentage". Let's do it:

`(100)/(800)*100=12.5`

So the increase is 12.5% and thus the general sales tax is 12.5%