Question

Mike has breakfast at a local restaurant and notices the subtotal for his food and coffee is $8.98. If the sales tax is 67 cents, what is the sales tax rate?

Answer 1

Hello use a rule of three

8.98 is 100%
And
0.67 is x

X = 0.67 x 100 / 8.98 = 7.46 tax rate

Answer 2

it rounds up to 7.5%