You want to buy a souvenir hat for $12.00. At the cash register, the sales clerk advises you that the total amount due, including tax, is $12.72. What is the sales tax (%) in this state?

The sale tax in this state is 6%

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find out the the sales tax we first have to create a fraction which has the difference between the price with taxes and without taxes, as its numerator, and the price without taxes as its denominator. So we do...

Now we just have to find a fraction with the same value but with a denominator being 100. So in out case we do....

Since we know that 1% is equal to we know that also means 6%. Therefore the answer is 6%

answer: 193

explanation:

200-7 = 193