Let x = price of the bike before a sales tax.
The price after a sales tax of 8% is
x + 0.08x = 1.08x dollars
Because the price paid was $171.18, therefore
1.08x = 171.18
x = 171.18/1.08 = $158.50
Answer: 158.50
<span>Problem 1: 2x > 4x - 6
2x < 6
x < 3
problem 2: -3r < 10 - r
-2r < 10
r > -5
problem 3: 5c - 4 > 8c + 2
3c < -6
c < -2</span>
<span>the thing that everyone say after the bumpy airplane landing was : it's not the airplane's fault and it's not the pilot's fault so it's probably the asphalt
To be fair, there is no way for the passangers to know what may have caused the bump in landing. Everyone only created their own assumptions based om their personal perspective</span>
