I need help with my math word problem

Question

Sheena goes in a grocery store and buys a loaf of bread and a cheese grater. An 8% sales tax is applied only the price of non-food items. If the total bill is $11.24 including $0.66 in sales tax on the cheese grater, what are the prices of the bread and the cheese grater without tax?

Answer 1

1. determine cost of grater: 0.66 = 0.08c

2. subtract the cost of the grater and its tax from 11.24, this is cost and tax of bread

3. Subtract 8% from cost of bread