Answer:
The price of the television before taxes is $420
Explanation:
* Lets explain how to solve the problem
- The purchased price = cost price + taxes
- A new television set was recently purchased for the common room
in a residence hall for $436.80
- This price including tax
- The tax rate is 4%
- We need to find the price of the television before taxes
* Lets solve the problem
- Assume that the price of the television before tax is 100%
∵ The tax rate is 4%
∵ The price after tax = price before tax + tax
∵ The price before tax = 100%
∴ The price after tax = 100% + 4% = 104%
∵ 104% equivalent to $436.80
∴ 100 ⇒ ?
104 ⇒ 436.80
- By using cross multiplication
∴ ? =
∴ The price of the television before taxes is $420