The sales tax for an item was $9.80 and it cost $490 before tax. Find the sales tax rate. Write your answer as a percentage.

2%

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, a proportion would be best! We can set up the first fraction with the two numbers given to us. We'll use t to represent tax, and w to represent the whole. The first fraction will look something like this:

Next, we'll set up our second fraction using knowledge of percents. Every percent is a part of 100%, so we can use 100 as our percent to represent the whole. Since we are solving for the percent that is out of 100, we'll use x to represent it. The final proportion should look like this:

To solve, we just need to cross-multiply and divide! First, multiply 9.80 by 100 to get 980. Finally, divide 980 by 490 to get a final answer of 2%. The sales tax rate is 2%. The final calculations are as follows:

9.80 X 100 = 980

980 / 490 = 2 or 2%

14.3

step-by-step explanation:

add all the numbers together.

9 + 12 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 17 = 86

now, divide 86 by how many numbers we have: 6.

86 / 6 = 14.3

on monday rodney ate 1/4th of the sandwich = 3/12

on tuesday he ate 1/3rd of the sandwich = 4/12

therefore in total he has eaten = 3/12 + 4/12 = 7/12

thus we can say that he has eaten 7/12 of the sandwich on monday and tuesday alltogether.

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