Question

The price of a silk scarf is $32. The sales tax is $1.92. What is the sales-tax rate?

Answer 1

\[\huge\text{Can you solve this? }32x = 1.92\]

Answer 2

16.66?

Answer 3

No.
\[x = \frac{1.92}{32}\]Just plug this into the calculator. What you get will be the sales tax rate in decimal form. If you want it in percent form, multiply by 100.