Question

Bill paid $35.99 in tax on a laptop that cost $449.99. About what percent sales tax did Bill
pay? Round to nearest whole and use %.

Answer 1

To calculate the sales tax percentage, you can use the following formula:

Sales tax percentage = (Tax amount / Cost of the item) * 100

Using the given values:

Tax amount = $35.99

Cost of the item = $449.99

Sales tax percentage ≈ ($35.99 / $449.99) * 100 ≈ 0.07997777 * 100 ≈ 7.997777%

Rounding to the nearest whole number, Bill paid about 8% in sales tax.

Answer 2

Answer:

8%

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the percentage sales tax that Bill paid, we first need to find the amount of tax as a fraction of the total cost of the laptop, and then convert it to a percentage.

Given:

• Cost of the laptop = $449.99
• Tax paid = $35.99

To find the percentage sales tax, we divide the tax paid by the cost of the laptop and then multiply by 100.

$\textsf{Percentage sales tax} = \left( \dfrac{\textsf{Tax paid}}{\textsf{Cost of the laptop}} \right) \times 100 \%$

$\textsf{Percentage sales tax} = \left( \dfrac{35.99}{449.99} \right) \times 100 \%$

$\textsf{Percentage sales tax} = 0.0799795551 \times 100 \%$

$\textsf{Percentage sales tax} =7 .99795551 \%$

$\textsf{Percentage sales tax} =8\% \textsf{(in nearest whole number)}$

So, Bill paid approximately 8% sales tax on the laptop.