Question

Hiroto paid $4.28 in sales tax for the items that he purchased.

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If the sales tax rate was 6.25 percent, what was the total cost of the items before tax was added?
$0.27
$0.68
$26.75
$68.48

Answer 1

the answer would be 68.48

Explanation:

Answer 2

$68.48

Explanation:

You want to find cost such that ...

6.25% × cost = $4.28

Dividing by the coefficient of cost, we get ...

cost = $4.28/0.0625 = $68.48