Question

At a dinner, the meal cost $22 and a sales tax of $1.76 was added to the bill. What is the percentage of sales tax for meals?

Answer 1

8%

Explanation:

Divide the tax by the meal cost.

1.76/22 = 0.08 = 8%

The sales tax was 8%.

Answer 2

the percentage of sales tax for meals is 8%.

Explanation:

To find the percentage of sales tax for meals, we need to divide the amount of sales tax by the cost of the meal and then multiply the result by 100 to express it as a percentage.

The total cost of the meal, including sales tax, is:

$22 + $1.76 = $23.76

The amount of sales tax is:

$1.76

To find the percentage of sales tax, we divide the amount of sales tax by the cost of the meal:

$1.76 ÷ $22 = 0.08

We then multiply the result by 100 to express it as a percentage:

0.08 × 100 = 8