Question

neal buys a board games. he pays for the board game and pays $1.54 in sales tax. the sales tax rate is 5.5%. what is the original price of the board game, before tax?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is 28$

Answer 2

Let g represent the price of the game.
$1.54
Then 0.055g = $1.54. Solve for g: g = ------------ = $28
0.055

The original price of the game was $28. (answer)

Check: What is 0.055($28)? $1.54.