Question

A certain car costs $11,595 before taxes are added. Taxes are $860 and license tags cost $95. What is the overall tax rate (to the nearest tenth)?



0.8%


7.4%


8.2%


12.1%

Answer 1

For this case the total taxes are given by:
 $860 + 95 = 955$
 Then, we can make the following rule of three:
 11595 ---------> 100%
 955 ------------> x
 From here, we clear the value of x.
 We have then:
 $x = (955/11595) * (100)$
 x = 8.2%
 Answer:
 The overall tax rate (to the nearest tenth) is:
 8.2%

Answer 2

Answer:

8.2%

Step-by-step explanation:

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