SOLUTION: Including a 5% sales tax, an inn charges 189 per night. Find the ins nightly cost before the tax is added. What is the inn's nightly cost before tax is added?
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Question 472737: Including a 5% sales tax, an inn charges 189 per night. Find the ins nightly cost before the tax is added. What is the inn's nightly cost before tax is added? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Including a 5% sales tax, an inn charges 189 per night. Find the ins nightly cost before the tax is added. What is the inn's nightly cost before tax is added?
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Let "x" be the inn's nightly cost.
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Equation:
x + 0.05x = 189
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1.05x = 189
x = $180
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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