SOLUTION: T-shirts Your baseball team buys 10 T-shirts that are all the same price. Your bill is $159.00, including 6% tax. What is the price of one T-shirt before tax is added?

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Question 700194: T-shirts Your baseball team buys 10 T-shirts that are all the same price.
Your bill is $159.00, including 6% tax. What is the price of one T-shirt
before tax is added?
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+06x=159
1.06x=159
x=159/1.06
x=150 cost of the shirts before taxes.
150/10=15 shirts were bought.