SOLUTION: How do i find the amount of tax if the sales tax is 6% and no original price is included?

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Question 1118069: How do i find the amount of tax if the sales tax is 6% and no original price is included?
Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

In addition to the tax rate of 6%, you must know either the original price OR the amount of tax.

tax_amount = 0.06*(original_price)

So if you know the tax amount, you can solve to get original_price (by dividing both sides by the tax rate of 6% or 0.06) as follows:

original_price = tax_amount / 0.06





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