Luke went to Best Buy and bought a Sphero Mini. The sphero cost $49.99 if he paid
a total of $53.99, what is the tax rate?

The tax rate is 8% .

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we have , Luke went to Best Buy and bought a Sphero Mini. The Sphero cost $49.99 if he paid  a total of $53.99, We need to find what is the tax rate. Let's find out:

Let tax rate be x% in the Sphero cost $49.99 . Now , Amount of tax paid is given by :

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According to question , Amount of tax paid is given by :

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Equating both we get :

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Therefore , The tax rate is 8% .

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step-by-step explanation:

false

step-by-step explanation:

the reason i say this is because for a certain length of sides you can pick any two and the length is wither equal or greater than the third side and in this case it's not.

3 + 5 = 8

8 is smaller than 9 which is the third side.

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