Answer
The tax rate is 9%.
Work Step by Step
Write an equation or computing sales tax and solve for the unknown. Let p be the percentage.
$152.99\times p=13.77$
$152.99p\div152.99=13.77\div152.99$
$p=0.09=9$%
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