Tax and tip word problems you might need: calculator problem neal buys a board game. he pays for the board game and pays \$1.54$1.54dollar sign, 1, point, 54 in sales tax. the sales tax rate is 5.5\%5.5%5, point, 5, percent. what is the original price of the board game, before tax?

$28

Step-by-step explanation:

SO,

5.5% OF SOME NUMBER is 1.54 dollars. Right?? Yes!

SOME NUMBER is what we are looking for, that is the ORIGINAL PRICE OF THE BOARD GAME.

We can let original price [some number] be "x" and write the word equation as algebraic equation shown below:

Note: 5.5% = 5.5/100 = 0.055

Now, we just simpyl solve for x:

$28 is the original price

answer

the correct answer is

explanation

the given function is

the excluded values are obtained by solving:

we factor to obtain:

the excluded values are

step-by-step explanation:

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