Question

Jane bought 3 CDs that were each the same price. Including sales tax, she paid a total of $52.20. Each CD had a tax of

$1.30. What was the price of each CD before tax?

Answer 1

Jane bought 3 CDs. The price of each CD before tax is $16.1.

Solution:

Jane bought 3 CDs that were each the same price. So let the price of each CD be ‘x’.

It is given that including sales tax, she paid a total of $52.20.

Also each CD had a tax of $1.30. We need to find out what the price of each CD was before tax.

Since the tax for all 3 CDs was same, the total amount of tax that she paid was:

`3 * 1.30 = 3.90`

Therefore the total tax on 3 CDs is $3.90.

Since we already know the total price she paid for the CDs including taxes, we can find the price of each CD by the following way:

3x + 3.90 = 52.20

3x = 52.20 - 3.90

3x = 48.3

x = 16.1

Therefore the price of each CD before tax is $16.1.