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If my electric bill is $110.06 and the state tax is 23.53 %, what is my original electric bill?

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You are given that the total bill amount is $110.06 and that the tax on the original amount is 23.53%.

Let x represent the original amount of the bill. With this and the given info above, we arrive at the following:

          x + x(23.53%/100%) = 110.06

                     x + x(0.2353) = 110.06

                     x + (0.2353)x = 110.06

                           (1.2353)x = 110.06

                                       x = 89.095766210637

                                       x ≈ 89.10

Thus, the original bill amount is approximately $89.10

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