onkenantonio05 onkenantonio05
  • 23-02-2018
  • Mathematics
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if you pay $26.50 for an item, including 6% sales tax, what was the original price?

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emilyann18 emilyann18
  • 23-02-2018
The original price was $24.91
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jcherry99
jcherry99 jcherry99
  • 23-02-2018
You can do this by dividing by 1.06

26.5/1.06 = 25.00 dollars. You can check this by figuring out the sales tax separately

25 * (6/100) = 1.50

If you add 1.50 to 25 dollars, you get 26.5 just as you should.
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