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  • 14-08-2016
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There is a sales tax of $8 on an item that costs $82 before tax. A second item costs $123 before tax. What is the sales tax on the second item?

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JunhaoZ
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  • 14-08-2016

To find the tax rate, you would need to find that 8 is 8/82≈.0976, or 9.76% of 82. Then use that to multiply by 123, which would be $12.

Another way is that you realize 82 is 2/3 of 123, so the tax would be 2/3 of what tax for $123 would be. So 8=2/3(x), and x=12.

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