Mr. McDonald offers the tractor salesman $2000 for a used tractor. This offer includes 6% sales tax. If the salesman accepts the

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Bond [772]

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Mr. McDonald offers the tractor salesman $2000 for a used tractor. This offer includes 6% sales tax. If the salesman accepts the

offer, what is the cost of the tractor, before tax

Mathematics

2 answers:

mariarad [96] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-08T09:41:37+03:00

mariarad [96]4 years ago

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The salesman will get $1,880 with out the 6% tax

eimsori [14] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-08T11:47:40+03:00

For this problem we must backtrack, and deduct the sales tax!
So lets make an equation to solve.
original price = final price / ( 1 + sales tax rate) so

op = 2000 / 1.06 = <span>1886.80

lets see if this is correct!

1886.80 * 0.06 = 113.208 <- tax

1886.80 + 113.208 = 2000
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