Megamart collects a sales tax equal to 1/16 of the retail price of each purchase. is the amount proportional to the cost of an item before tax is added. explain retail price. |16 | 32 | 48 | 64| tax collected |. |. |. |. |

1,2,3 and 4

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we are given that the tax applied is of the retail price at which the item is sold. Hence in order to find the tax collection , we have to find the product of price of the item with .

Let us evaluate the tax collected on each item with different prices.

a) Price = 16

Tax =

Hence Tax = 1

b) Price = 32

Tax =

Hence Tax = 2

c) Price = 48

Tax =

Hence Tax = 3

d) Price = 64

Tax =  

Hence Tax = 4

c

step-by-step explanation:

66.666666667%

step-by-step explanation:

divide 150 by 100

divide 100 by 1.5

there you go!

decreased by 33.333333334%