Lauren has a $70 gift card for a department store. Lauren buys new sunglasses with her gift card. The gift card has a remaining

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balance of $3.66 after she purchases the sunglasses. If the sales tax is 7%, what was the price of the sunglasses before tax?

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vovikov84 [41] · Answer 1 · 2023-06-06T18:06:19+03:00

If the sales tax is 7%, the price of the sunglasses is $61.6962

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<h3>How to find the original price of the sunglasses before tax?</h3>

She has $70 gift card for a department store.

She buys a new glasses with her gift card.

The gift card had a remaining balance of $3.66.

Therefore,

amount she bought the sunglasses with tax = 70 - 3.66 = $66.34

Hence,

Sales tax = 7 / 100 × 66.34 = $4.6438

Therefore,

The original price before tax = 66.34 - 4.6438 = $61.6962

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