Question

dashawn bought a cd that cost 18.99 and paid 20.51 including tax what was the percent of tax he paid

Answer 1

First subtract 18.99 from 20.51
this equals 1.52
then divide 1.52 by 18.99
to find the percentage that 1.52 is of 18.99
this is 8% 

it is an 8% tax