Answer :
To find the sales tax percentage, we first need to determine how much sales tax was added to the original price of the treadmill.
The price of the treadmill before tax is $750, and after tax is $810. We find the amount of sales tax paid by subtracting the price before tax from the price after tax:
Sales tax paid = Price after tax - Price before tax
Sales tax paid = $810 - $750
Sales tax paid = $60
Now we have the total sales tax paid, which is $60. To find the sales tax percentage, we will use the sales tax paid and the original price before tax to create a ratio that we can convert into a percentage.
The formula to calculate the sales tax percentage is:
Sales tax percentage = (Sales tax paid / Price before tax) x 100%
Plugging in the numbers we have:
Sales tax percentage = ($60 / $750) x 100%
Sales tax percentage = (0.08) x 100%
Sales tax percentage = 8%
Therefore, the sales tax percentage on the treadmill is 8%.
