Question

Lamar bought 2 CDs that were each the same price. Including sales tax, he paid a total of$23.80 . Of that total, $2.40 was tax. What was the price of each CD before tax?

ITS 7TH GRADE MATH

Answer 1

the price of each CD before tax is $10.70

Explanation:

We can start by using algebra to set up an equation to represent the situation. Let x be the price of each CD before tax.

We know that:

The total price of the CDs before tax is 2x (because he bought 2 CDs that were the same price)

The total price of the CDs including tax is $23.80 (because that's what he paid)

The amount of tax is $2.40 (because that's what is stated in the problem)

So we can set up the equation as:

2x + 2.40 = 23.80

To find the price of each CD before tax, we can subtract the amount of tax from both sides of the equation:

2x = 21.40

And then divide both sides by 2:

x = 10.70

So the price of each CD before tax is $10.70