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Jacob went shopping to buy a new pair of jeans. After paying an 8% sales

tax the total bill was $64.80. What were the price of the pants before the
sales tax was added? Hint: This is a working backwards problem.
What was the original price of the jeans?

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64.80-0.08=59.62

59.62 is the original price of the pants
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