Question

Charlene lives in Wyoming and pays 4% in sales tax. She bought a garbage disposal, and the amount she paid after sales tax was applied was $818.42. What was the approximate cost of the garbage disposal before sales tax was applied?

Answer 1

818.42/104*100=$786.9407692 is your answer. Round at your convenience.

Answer 2

Answer: $ 786.94

Explanation:

Given: The tax percentage = 4%=0.04

The amount she paid after sales tax was applied = $818.42.

Let x be the cost of the garbage disposal before sales tax was applied.

Then , the tax amount will be :-

`\text{tax perecent*x}=0.04*x=0.04x`

Then the total cost of garbage disposal after tax will be :-

`x+0.04x=818.42\\\\\Rightarrow\ 1.04 x=818.42\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=(818.42)/(1.04)=786.942307692\approx786.94`

Hence, the approximate cost of the garbage disposal before sales tax was applied= $ 786.94