I paid $7. 74 in county sales taxes. The tax rate is 3% how do I figure out how much my total sales were to equal $7. 74 at that tax rate

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I paid $7. 74 in county sales taxes. The tax rate is 3%

how do I figure out how much my total sales were to equal
$7. 74 at that tax rate

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Let those total sales be s. Then 0.03s = $7.74, and s = $7.74 / 0.03

x = $250 : total sales

Dan LaRocque answered Jun 11, 2019

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