Question

Casey buys a bracelet. She pays for the bracelet and pays \$0.72$0.72 in sales tax. The sales tax rate is 6\%6%. What is the original price of the bracelet, before tax?

Answer 1

$12.00

Explanation:

Answer 2

$12.00

Explanation:

If they paid $0.72 in tax and tax is 6% or .06 then you could create an equation like this: x * .06 = .72 with x representing the original cost of the bracelet. Now you can just solve for x like so:

x * .06 = .72

÷.06 ÷.06

x = 12