John is living in new york, where the state sales tax is 8%. the total cost of his purchase was $50.00. what was the original price of the items before tax?

Let p be the pre-tax cost.  Then 1.08p = $50.  Solving for p, the pre-tax cost, we get:

p = ($50) / (1.08) = $46.30.

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