Rachel bought 3 CDs that were each the same price. Including sales tax, she paid a total of $35.40. Of that total, $2.70 was tax. What was the price of each CD before tax?

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asked Jul 3, 2021 170k views

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Sandeep Parish · Answer 1 · 2021-07-08T21:59:44+0000

Hello there,

Okay first we would need to write down what does the problem gives us that we already know...

- she bought 3 CDs each with the same price

- she paid a total of $35.40

- the tax was $2.70

Now in order for us to solve we need to subtract the tax from the total price... 35.40 - 2.70 = 32.70.

Since we have the price before the tax now we just have to divide 32.70 by 3 and by doing that you would get 10.90.

Each CD is $10.90.

Hope I helped,

Amna