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Question

Neal buys a board game. He pays for the board game and pays $1.54 in sales tax. The sales tax rate is 5.5%. What is the original price of the board game, before tax?

Answer 1

Let x = the original price of the board game before tax.

We know that the tax cost $1.54 and was 5.5% of the original price.

5.5% in decimal form = 0.055

5.5% of the original price = 0.055x

5.5% of the original price = tax = $1.54

Set the two equal:

0.055x = 1.54

x = 1.54 / 0.055

x = $28

The original price of the board game was $28.