Nicole bought 5 CDs that were each the same price. Including sales tax, she paid a total of $88.50. Each CD had a tax of $1.20 . What was the price of each CD before tax?

Answer 1

Since Nicole brought CDs at the same price and each CD had a sale tax of $1.20 and there were 5 CDs

First, Multiply the amount of CDs to the Sale Tax

5 x $1.20= $6

Second, Subtract the Total Sale tax minus the Total Price

$88.50 - $6 = $82.50

Third, Divide the price after taxes was taking out into the amount of CDs

$82.50/5CDs = $16.50

So each CDs was $16.50

Answer 2

If each CD had a sales tax of $1.20 and Nicole bought 5 CDs, we can solve what the total amount of sales tax Nicole spent on the CDs by multiplying $1.20 by 5.

$1.20 x 5 = $6.00

Now that we know that the total amount of sales tax on all of the CDs is $6, we can subtract $6 from the total cost to begin to solve what the cost per CD is before taxes.

$88.50 - $6.00 = $82.50, therefore, all 5 CDs cost $82.50 before sales tax.

To solve for the individual cost of each CD, you can divide the total cost before sales tax by 5, the total amount of CDs bought.

$82.50 divided by 5 = $16.50

Since the problem states that each CD was the same price, the answer would be each CD cost $16.50 before sales tax.