Thread: Tax Please help!

Ok heres a identical question i have except I used easy numbers.(I need to know how to figure this out so please explain as well as you can).

hamburger at 1.00 (including tax)

The tax rate is 10%

How much does the hamburger cost w/ out tax?


PLEASE HELP WITH A CHERRY ON TOP.

Originally Posted by mind_tap

Ok heres a identical question i have except I used easy numbers.(I need to know how to figure this out so please explain as well as you can).

hamburger at 1.00 (including tax)

The tax rate is 10%

How much does the hamburger cost w/ out tax?


PLEASE HELP WITH A CHERRY ON TOP.

Call the cost of the hamburger without tax, "X". The tax is 10% of that or (0.1)X. Adding the tax to the cost gives X+ 0.1X= 1.01X= 1.00. Now divide both sides by 1.01 to get X.

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ThankS HALLS OF IVERY!!! It took me a while to understand im such a retard lolz and pickslides your way worked too but you diddnt explain at all, so it would work on this problem but I wouldnt have been able to do my home work.