Question 443148: Dress cost £80 after 15% tax . How much dress before tax.Please show working out Found 2 solutions by stanbon, nerdybill:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Dress cost £80 after 15% tax . How much dress before tax.Please show working out
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Let original cost be "x".
Equation:
x - 0.15x = L80
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0.85x = L80
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x = L80/0.85
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x = L94.12
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Cheers,
Stan H.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Dress cost £80 after 15% tax . How much dress before tax.Please show working out
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Let x = cost of dress before tax
then
x + .15x = 80
x(1 + .15) = 80
x(1.15) = 80
x = 80/1.15
x = £69.57
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