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You buy a bicycle helmet for $22.26, which includes 6% sales tax. What is the original price of the bicycle helmet before the sales tax?

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$21

1) We can tackle this question by writing out an equation considering that the $22.26 is the price with tax in it:


\begin{gathered} (1.06)x=22.26_{} \\ (1.06x)/(1.06)=(22.26)/(1.06) \\ x=21 \end{gathered}

2) Then the original price was $21

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