The sales tax in the town where amanda lives is 7%.amanda paid $35.00 sales in tax on a new stereo. what was the price of the stereo

If the tax is 7% or 35, how much is the stereo. To figure this out you need to to make a proportion set up as part to whole. Part. 7. 35 Whole. 100. ??? ???= 500 Hence you multiplied 7 by 5 to get 35, you need to multiply 100 by 5, or 500.