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including a 8% sales tax, an inn charges $189 per night. Find the inn's nightly cost before tax is added.

User Lostaunaum
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Answer: $204.12


Step-by-step explanation:

Per night =$189

Sales Tax = 8%


Nightly cost = 189 + 0.08(189) = $204.12

User Anissa
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Answer:

$175/night

Step-by-step explanation:

The charges of an inn for one night including sales tax = $189

The sales tax rate = 8%

Let the charges of the inn before adding tax be 'x' per night.

The charges of inn before tax = x + (8% × x) = 189

x + (0.08x) = 189

1.08x = 189

x =
(189)/(1.08)

x = $175

The charges are $175/night before tax is added

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