Question

a souvenir mug sells for $8.00 at a hotel gift store. Kendra gives the clerk $10.00 and receives $1.56 in change. what is the sales tax rate

Answer 1

i feel that it is 5.5%/ 0.055

Process:

8.00*5.5%/ 0.055=0.44
8.00+0.44=8.44
10.00-8.44=1.56