Question

Jenny bought 3 CDs that were each the same price. Including sales tax, she paid a total of $45.30 Of that total, $1.50 was tax. What was the price of each CD before tax?
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Answer 1

Answer:

$13.6

Step-by-step explanation:

Jane bought 3 CDs that were each the same price. So let the price of each CD be ‘x’.

It is given that including sales tax, she paid a total of $45.30.

Also each CD had a tax of $1.50. We need to find out what the price of each CD was before tax.

Since the tax for all 3 CDs was same, the total amount of tax that she paid was:

3 * 1.50 = 4.50

Therefore the total tax on 3 CDs is $4.50

Since we already know the total price she paid for the CDs including taxes, we can find the price of each CD by the following way:

3x + 4.50 = 45.30

3x = 45.30 - 4.50

3x = 40.8

x = 13.6

Therefore the price of each CD before tax is $13.6.