Question

Caleb bought groceries and paid

$
1.60
$1.60dollar sign, 1, point, 60 in sales tax. The sales tax rate is
2.5
%
2.5%2, point, 5, percent.
What was the price of Caleb's groceries, before tax?
$

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Answer 2

Price of Caleb's groceries before tax= $6.4

Explanation:

Let price of groceries before tax be = $
`x`

Sales tax % = 2.5%

Sales tax applied =
`2.5\% \ of\ x = (25)/(100)* x = (25)/(100) x`

Actual sales tax paid = $1.60

∴
`(25)/(100)x=1.60`

Multiplying both sides by 100.

`100* (25)/(100)x=1.60* 100`

`25x=160`

Dividing both sides by 25.

`(25x)/(25)=(160)/(25)`

`x=6.4`

∴ Price of groceries before tax= $6.4