OpenStax, Prealgebra 2e §6.1 Understand Percent · Exercise 87 · Arithmetic · Decimals & percentages
Understand Percent · Exercise 87
Sales tax Felipa says she has an easy way to estimate the sales tax when she makes a purchase. The sales tax in her city is She knows this is a little less than
ⓐ Convert to a fraction.
ⓑ Use your answer from ⓐ to estimate the sales tax Felipa would pay on a \\text{95}$ dress.
OpenStax, Prealgebra 2e · §6.1 Understand Percent · Exercise 87
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