Question

What is the amount of sales tax owed on a $35 jacket if the tax rate is 6%?

Answer 1

Any idea what the formula to figuring out a percentage is?

Answer 2

division

Answer 3

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/decimals/percent_tutorial/v/describing-the-meaning-of-percent

Answer 4

im not so sure

Answer 5

Nope... Lets say you have 100$ 50% of 100$ is 50$. 100% of 100$ is 100$. So you do 100$ * 1 = 100$. 100$ * 0.50% = 50$!

Answer 6

so in this case we have 35$. we want to know the sales tax on 6%... Now what do we have?

Answer 7

5.80

Answer 8

nope :(. What did you enter?

Answer 9

6x6

Answer 10

??/

Answer 11

if we have a 100$ jacket and want 20% of it, we do 100 * .2 = 20$. Now what do we do for 35$ @ 6%?

Answer 12

what does that sign mean

Answer 13

*??

Answer 14

multiplication.

Answer 15

% is percent $ is money.

Answer 16

ohh

Answer 17

so 35 x 6

Answer 18

nop... that would be 600%

Answer 19

im lost

Answer 20

Look at the videos I sent you :)

Answer 21

6% = 0.06. 60% = 0.60. 600% = 6.00

Answer 22

i got 2.1

Answer 23

yessir.

Answer 24

thanks for ur help

Answer 25

medal please, if you don't mind :)..

Answer 26

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