SOLUTION: If you pay $22.90 for a DVD that includes a 7% sales tax, what is the price of the DVD before the sales tax?

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Question 708295: If you pay $22.90 for a DVD that includes a 7% sales tax, what is the price of the DVD before the sales tax?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = price before sales tax
given:




The price of the DVD before the sales tax
was $21.40

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