SOLUTION: Having a problem setting up an equation: A man goes to a grocery store and buys a grapefruit and toyball. A 7% tax is applied to the price of non-food items. If the total bill i

Question 230698: Having a problem setting up an equation:
A man goes to a grocery store and buys a grapefruit and toyball. A 7% tax is applied to the price of non-food items. If the total bill is $5.15, including a 0.18 tax for the toyball, what are the prices of both items?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, stanbon:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.18/.07=$2.57 ball
5.15-.18-2.57=$2.40 grapefruit
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A man goes to a grocery store and buys a grapefruit and toy ball.
A 7% tax is applied to the price of non-food items.
If the total bill is $5.15, including a 0.18 tax for the toy ball, what are the prices of both items?
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What do you mean by "a 0.18 tax for the toy ball"?
Is that supposed to be 18 cents or an additional
18%.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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