Question

You purchase two bottles of and a hat. The hat costs $6.50. You pay 6% sales tax. You pay a total of $16.43. How much does one bottle of sunscreen cost?

Answer 1

$4.50.

Total with tax = 1.06x = 16.43
X = 15.50 = total before tax

15.50 - 6.50 = 9 = amount spent on both bottles.

9/2 = 4.5 = amount spent on one bottle.

Answer 2

price + 6%of price = 1.06*price total price = 16.43 divided by 1.06 gives a pretax total of 15.50 Subtract 6.50 for the hat leaves 9.00 if 2 bottles of sunscreen total 9.00, then each bottle cost $4.50.

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