SOLUTION: If the sales tax rate is 6.5% and the tax on a purchase is $39, what was the amount of the purchase?

SOLUTION: If the sales tax rate is 6.5% and the tax on a purchase is $39, what was the amount of the purchase?

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Question 92369: If the sales tax rate is 6.5% and the tax on a purchase is $39, what was the amount of the purchase?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the sales tax rate is 6.5% and the tax on a purchase is $39, what was the amount of the purchase?
Let amount of the purchase be "x".
EQUATION:
0.065x=39
x = $600
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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