Answer: the store charged $40 for the bike helmet before tax.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the amount that the store charge for the bike helmet before tax.
If the sales tax rate was 8%, it means that the amount of tax that was charge is
8/100 × x = 0.08 × x = 0.08x
Monica paid sales tax of $3.20 when she bought a new bike helmet. This means that
0.08x = 3.2
Dividing the left hand side and the right hand side of the equation by 0.08, it becomes
0.08x/0.08 = 3.2/0.08
x = 40
Answer:
b = 6 units
Step-by-step explanation:
Area = 1/2bh
8 = 1/2(b)(8/3)
divide both sides by 1/2
16 = b(8/3)
multiply both sides by 3
48 = 8b
divide both sides by 8
b = 6 units
For your boxes:
1/2 x b/1 x 8/3 = 8/1
b/1 x 8/3 = 16/1
8b/3 / 8 = 2/1
b/3 x 3 = 6
75 divided by 3 because for every 75 fish 3 are tagged 1,217 (rounded up from 1,216.6 repeating)