Question

Casey buys a bracelet. She pays for the bracelet and pays \$0.72$0.72 in sales tax. The sales tax rate is 6\%6%. What is the original price of the bracelet, before tax?

Answer 1

The original price of the bracelet before tax is $12.

Explanation:

Let us assume that the original price of the bracelet be x.

As given

Casey buys a bracelet.

She pays for the bracelet and pays $0.72 in sales tax .

The sales tax rate is 6% .

6% is written in the decimal form.

`= (6)/(100)`

= 0.06

Than the equation becomes

x × 0.06 = 0.72

0.06x = 0.72

`x = (0.72)/(0.06)`

x = $12

Therefore the original price of the bracelet before tax is $12.