Question

You buy a game for $40, and the sales tax is $2. What percent of the game price are you paying in sales tax?

Answer 1

5% is the answer

Explanation:

Answer 2

To get the answer we can use proportion
40$ ------------- 100%
2$ ---------------- x
crossmultiply now
40x=2*100 /:40
x=200:40
x=5% - its the answer