Question

five friends went out to dinner. each paid 13.75 for the meal including a 7 percent sales tax. what was the total cost of meal before the tax was added

Answer 1

$64.25 before taxes. $68.75 including the taxes.

Explanation:

For one meal each person paid 1.07 times the price of the meal (includes 7% tax).

Therefore price of each person's meal was 13.75/1.07 = $12.85

Total cost for all 5 meals was therefore $64.25--before taxes. $68.75 including the taxes.

Answer 2

Explanation:

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