Question

Neal buys a board game . He pays for the board game and pays a dollar $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 original price would be 8.47 (I think) 8.47 divided by 5.5 is 1.54. Or, 1.54 times 5.5 is 8.47.