Answer to Question #283379 in Algebra for Seto

Question

brenda paid $462. For a cake mixer after a sales tax of 10% was added to the marked price . What was the price of the mixer before tax

Answer 1

SOLUTION:

$\$$$462=(100+10)$%

$\$$ $462=110$% $\rightarrow$ Price after the tax.

$10$% $\rightarrow$ The value of the tax.

If $\$462=110$%$\%\; 462=110\%$

$?=100$% $\rightarrow$ Price before the tax.

$\frac{100\times462}{110}=420$

Therefore, the price of the mixer before the tax was $\$420$ .