document.write( "Question 323738: If I paid $500 total for one item and sales tax of 7.75% has already been added on, how do I find out what the base price is and how much the sales tax was? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #231672 by rfer(16322) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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500/1.0775=$464.04
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