SOLUTION: Including 8% sales tax, a bed-and-breakfast inn charges $172.80 per night. Find the inn's nightly cost before the tax is added. #2 A repair bill on a sailboat came to $1603, inc

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Question 466637: Including 8% sales tax, a bed-and-breakfast inn charges $172.80 per night. Find the inn's nightly cost before the tax is added.
#2 A repair bill on a sailboat came to $1603, including $532 for parts and the remainder for labor. If the cost of labor is $63 per hour, how many hours of labor did it take to repair the sailboat?

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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A)
172.80/1.08=$160
B)
1603-532=1071
1071/63=17 hrs