An item costs $410 before tax, and the sales tax is $20.50. find the sales tax rate. write your answer as a percentage.

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Cody Blankenship

20 January, 09:17

An item costs $410 before tax, and the sales tax is $20.50. find the sales tax rate. write your answer as a percentage.

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Noah Heath · Answer 1

Hi there! For this, we can simply divide 20.50 by 410 to find the tax rate. 20.50/410 is 0.05. That's in decimal form. Multiply by 100 to get the percent form. 0.05 * 100 is 5. That's the number in percent form. The sales tax rate is 5%.