Lamar brought 3 cds that were each the same price. including sales tax he paid a total of 40.20 of that total,2.70 was tax. what was the price of each cd before tax?

The price of each CD before tax is $12.50.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Lamar bought 3 CDs that were each the same price, including sales tax he paid a total of 40.20.

Of that total,2.70 was tax.

Now, to find the price of each CD before tax.

So, we reduce the tax from total:

Now, as given the price of each were same:

Therefore, the price of each CD before tax is $12.50.

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b