SOLUTION: A shopper has exactly 25 dollars to spend on clothes. What is the highest price she can afford to pay for a pair of jeans, if sales tax is 9.25%?
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Question 296960: A shopper has exactly 25 dollars to spend on clothes. What is the highest price she can afford to pay for a pair of jeans, if sales tax is 9.25%?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A shopper has exactly 25 dollars to spend on clothes. What is the highest price she can afford to pay for a pair of jeans, if sales tax is 9.25%?
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Let the price before tax be "x".
Equation:
x + 0.0925 = 25
1.0925x = 25
x = 25/1.0925
x = 22.88..
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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