Finances Word problem

Question

Mrs. Owens paid $385.56 for a dishwasher after receiving a 15% discount off the list price and paying an 8% sales tax. What was the list price of the dishwasher?

Answer 1

Let x = the original list price of the dishwasher

 

$385.56 = [x - (0.15)x]*(1 - 0.08)

 

$385.56 =x*(0.85)*(0.92)

 

$385.56 = x*(0.782)

 

($385.56)/(0.782) = x

 

Solve for x