Question

Dakota paid $301.32 for a new game system, after-tax, and the tax rate is 8%. What was the original price of the game system?

Answer 1

279

Explanation:

Change the percentage to a decimal and write the equivalence of the sales tax amount. Let x be the original cost of the item.

Sales tax amount will be x⋅0.08

Substitute the value into the equation:

Original cost adding the sales tax Amount will be the total cost

x+0.08x=301.32

Add like terms.

1.08x=301.32

Divide both sides by 1.08 to isolate the unknown value.

x=$279