Question

A tax of 7% was added on to the cost of a meal. If the tax paid was $1.40, what was the cost of the meal?

Answer 1

The cost of meal is: $20

Explanation:

Given

Percentage of tax = 7%

Also given that the amount of tax is $1.40

Let x be the price of meal

Then the tax will be 7% of x

It can be written mathematically as:

`1.40 = 7\%\ of\ x`

We will simply solve this equation to get the price of meal

So,

`1.40 = 0.07*x\\x = (1.40)/(0.07)\\x = 20`

Hence,

The cost of meal is: $20