Identify the base in the following application:
The sales tax rate in a state is 7.5%. If you pay a tax of $8.50 on an item that you purchase, what is its selling price?
The base is going to be $8.50??????????????????
2006-11-03 01:41:43 · 8 answers · asked by BlueEyes4172004 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
rfamilymember is right and so is his method for getting the answer. It's $113.33
Just multiply this by 0.075 to check. (That's 7.5 hundredths, in other words,7.5 per cent.)
2006-11-03 01:53:20 · answer #1 · answered by Lenky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finding the selling price
First convert 7.5% to decimal
7.5 ÷ 100 = 0.075
Divide
8.50 ÷ 0.075 = 113.3333333
113.33 Dollars rounded to two decimal places
The answer is $ 113.33
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2006-11-03 10:09:23 · answer #2 · answered by SAMUEL D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a state is charging 7.5% tax, then it is high time to move to a new state with lower taxes. The price of living is too high. You do the math.
2006-11-03 09:52:20 · answer #3 · answered by Girls M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8.50 is 7.5% of what? English version
8.5=.075x Math version
x=133.33
2006-11-03 09:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by jackwp2000 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
@ 7.50 %
$ 7.50 is the tax for Sale Price of $ 100
$ 8.50 is the tax for Sale Price of ?
(8.50/7.50)*100 = (1.70/1.50)*100 = 1.70*66.66666666666667
= 113.333333333333333333333................
2006-11-03 12:58:45 · answer #5 · answered by Alrahcam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some wher betw 120 or 125$?
2006-11-03 09:47:41 · answer #6 · answered by vicky999 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7.5%=8.50
100%=(100/7.50)(8.50)
113.33 recurring
2006-11-03 09:47:17 · answer #7 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8.50/.075=$113.33
2006-11-03 15:41:05 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋