SOLUTION: A woman buys three pairs of jeans for $116.55, including tax. If each pair of jeans cost $37, what was the sales tax rate?

Question 557383: A woman buys three pairs of jeans for $116.55, including tax. If each pair of jeans cost $37, what was the sales tax rate?

Answer by vampirewitchreine(6) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think about it. Why did they give both the price of the jeans and how much the total was?

Taking the given information: (The total price of just the jeans is the subtotal)
116.55-(37*3)
116.55-111
5.55

So now you have 5.55 is the amount of tax paid on the jeans in total.

So you take the amount of taxes (5.55) and divide by the subtotal (111)

5.55/111= .05 or 5%
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