SOLUTION: A man goes into a grocery store and buys a grapefruit and a toy ball. A 7% tax is applied to the price of non-food items. If the total bill is $5.15, including $0.18 in tax on the

Question 34417: A man goes into a grocery store and buys a grapefruit and a toy ball. A 7% tax is applied to the price of non-food items. If the total bill is $5.15, including $0.18 in tax on the toy ball, what are the prices of the grapefruit and the ball?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tHE .07TAX ON THE BALL = $.18 THEREFORE .07X=.18 OR X=.18/.07 OR X=$2.57 NOW ADD THE TAX OF $.18 WE GET @2.75 FOR THE BALL WHICH LEAVES $5.15-$2.75 OR $240 FOR THE GRAPEFRUIT.
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