This is a receipt for a purchase made at a restaurant in Sacramento, California. The total cost of the food and drinks before taxes was . The buyer paid in sales tax. Based on the receipt, Sacramento has a sales tax rate of .

Explanation:

According to the receipt in question, the buyer paid a total bill of $10.00.

Buyer also paid a sales tax of $0.85.

The total cost of the food was $10.00 and a sales tax of $0.85 was paid.

The sales tax is based on the amount paid so the sales tax rate is the percentage of $10 that $0.85 is.

= Sales Tax / Total bill * 100%

= 0.85 / 10 * 100%

=  0.085 * 100%

= 8.5%

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

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