Homework Help: algebra

Posted by sally on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 9:51pm.

find sales tax in your area --(6%). using tax rate, write a linear equation representing the total with tax for a purchase of x dollars. Using this equation to dtermine what the pretax cost of the item is if the total cost is $10.

algebra - Ms. Sue, Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 9:54pm
1.06x = total cost

1.06x = $10
x = 10/1.06
x = ?

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