Thread: Working backwards

if the total of a bill including GST came to 56.70 and GST is 6% what was the amount of the bill before GST was added? please show how u got this, thanks.

Originally Posted by kazzerbee

if the total of a bill including GST came to 56.70 and GST is 6% what was the amount of the bill before GST was added? please show how u got this, thanks.

Let x be the pretax amount then