Question

F $23.50 in tax was added to the price of an item with 9.4% sales tax what was the original price in dollars of the item

Answer 1

The original price of the item is $250.

Explanation:

Given that:

Amount of tax added to price of item = $23.50

Percent of sales tax = 9.4% =
`(9.4)/(100) = 0.094`

Let,

x be the original price of the item.

0.094 of x = 23.50

0.094x = 23.50

Dividing both sides by 0.094

`(0.094x)/(0.094)=(23.50)/(0.094)\\x=250`

Hence,

The original price of the item is $250.