Question

The price of a cake plus 11% delivery charge comes to a total cost of $19.98. What was the price of the cake?

Step 1 of 2 : Describe the above situation as a linear equation, using "x" or "y" as variable names to describe the unknown quantity. Enter the equation in the box below:

Answer 1

x + 0.11x = 19.98

Step 2 of 2 : Solve the equation for the unknown quantity.

x = 18.18