Question 987272

I am trying to figure out how to do this problem and I know how to do it I just need an explanation of how, like, my first steps, ... Jamie paid $5.95 in sales tax on a text book that cost $85.00. Find the percent of the sales tax. .... Can you help me
<pre>Sales tax percent = {{{(SALES_TAX_AMOUNT/COST) * 100}}} 
Substitute the sales tax amount, and the cost into the above equation, and the result will be the sales tax percent.