SOLUTION: For the purchase of various school supplies, which are subject to 19% VAT, we paid 77 euros and 35 minutes. How much would we pay without VAT?

Question 1099963: For the purchase of various school supplies, which are subject to 19% VAT, we paid 77 euros and 35 minutes. How much would we pay without VAT?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I don't know what you meant to write when you said "minutes".... I will assume the price you paid was 77.35 euros.

Then the price you paid was the price of the items, plus 19% of the price of the items. So

The price without the VAT is 65 euros.
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