Question

A cell phone costs $170 and has a tax rate of %7. Write and solve a proportion to find how much tax is paid on the cell phone

Answer 1

\[ \frac{tax}{$170} = \frac{7}{100} \]
Now solve for the $ amount of tax

Answer 2

how would i do that

Answer 3

Multiply both sides by $170 would be a good first step