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Question

The price of a meal plus 13% delivery charge comes to a total cost of $19.21. What was the price of the meal?

Answer 1

113 (percent)   = 100

$19.21                  X

 

Find x = 19.21 x 100 = 1921

1921 / 113 = $17

 

 

Check:

$17 x .13 (percent) = $2.21 (additional 13 percent charge)

$17+ $2.21 = $19.21

Answer 2

If the price of the meal was x dollars, then the tax was .13*x

 

We know that x + 0.13x = 19.21

 

or, 1.13 X = 19.21

 

solving for x, we find x=17

 

Therefore, price of the meal was 17 $