Posted by barb on Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 11:31am.
Check your text to find how base is defined in this situation.
To find the marked price before the tax, solve for x.
0.08x = 2.5
x = 2.5/0.08
x = 31.25
In the problem is the base "unknown"?
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