The marked price of an article is $17,840$ and the sales tax on it is $2,230$. Find the rate of sales tax.
The marked price of an article is $17,840$ and the sales tax on it is $2,230$. Find the rate of sales tax.

Given

The marked price of an article is ₹$17,840$

The sales tax = ₹$2,230$

Calculation,

Rate of sales tax = ($100\times $Sale tax)/marked price

= $\left( 100\times 2,230 \right)/17,840$

=$12.5%$

 $\therefore $ Rate of sales tax is $12.5%$