SOLUTION: Please help me solve this: Kayla paid 137.80, including 6% tax, for her calculator. How much did the calculator itself cost?

SOLUTION: Please help me solve this: Kayla paid 137.80, including 6% tax, for her calculator. How much did the calculator itself cost?

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Question 321569: Please help me solve this: Kayla paid 137.80, including 6% tax, for her calculator. How much did the calculator itself cost?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if 106 is the amount to be paid 100 will the price
if 137.80 is paid then the price will be
137.80*100 / 106
=130
The price of calculator was 130
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