Question

The sales tax on a surfboard is $12. What is the percent of sales tax?

surfboard is 240$


The percent of sales tax is
____%

Answer 1

Honestly I would do 240x10% and see what that gives you and if it’s lower than 12 keep raising or lowering the percentage that you’re multiplying by to figure it out yes it takes times. But the answer is 5%.

Answer 2

it is a 5% sales tax

Explanation:

12/240= 0.05

0.05 x 100 = 5%