Question

You buy a game for $40, and the sales tax is $2. What percent of the game price are you paying in sales tax?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Percent is a ratio out of 100.
Asking what percent 2 out of 40 is is the same as asking this proportion:
2 is to 40 as what is to 100?

Answer 3

Now we can set up a proportion and solve it:
\(\dfrac{2}{40} = \dfrac{x}{100} \)

We cross multiply to get:
40x = 200

Divide both sides by 40 to get:
x = 5
Answer: 5%