SOLUTION: the total bill for a purchase equals $30.24 including sales tax. If the sales tax is 8%, how much was the ticket price?

SOLUTION: the total bill for a purchase equals $30.24 including sales tax. If the sales tax is 8%, how much was the ticket price?

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Question 352752: the total bill for a purchase equals $30.24 including sales tax. If the sales tax is 8%, how much was the ticket price?
Answer by sofiyac(983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the ticket price.
combine like terms
divide both sides by 1.8

so the original ticket amount was $16.80
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