Question

Caleb bought groceries and paid \$1.60$1.60dollar sign, 1, point, 60 in sales tax. The sales tax rate is 2.5\%2.5%2, point, 5, percent. What was the price of Caleb's groceries, before tax?

Answer 1

Answer:

Price of Caleb's groceries before tax = $64

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the price of groceries before tax be =$ $x$

Sales tax charged = $1.60

Sales tax rate =2.5%

Sales tax charged in terms of $x$ will be = 2.5% of the Original price of grocery =$2.5\% of x = 0.025\times x=0.025x$

So, we have,

$0.025x=1.60$

Dividing both sides by $0.025$

$\frac{0.025x}{0.025}=\frac{1.60}{0.025}$

∴ $x=64$

∴ Price of Caleb's groceries before tax = $64