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The price of a bookcase, including 8% sales tax, is $378. What is the price of the bookcase, before sales tax?

User Viktor K
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The price of the book case before sales tax is 347.76 . First you multiply 378 x .08 =30.24
Then you subtract: 378-30.24= 347.76
User LazyTarget
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$347.76 would be your answer, you first need to find 8% of 378 which was 30.24 then you need to subtract that from 378 and that gives you your answer!
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