Question 39243
If the total cost of an item is $1785, that total contains the 100% of the actual item's price plus 8.75% tax...so let x = the actual cost of the item and we can write
(1 + .0875)x = 1785
1.0875x = 1785 and
x = 1785 / 1.0875
x = $1641.38