A bike is priced at 46980 including an 8 sales tax How much

A bike is priced at $469.80 including an 8% sales tax. How much is the price of the bike before sales tax and how much is the sales tax? This is the original question

Dear Student Thank you for using Chegg !! Let the price of bus before sales tax be = x Sales tax amount is = 8%x = 0.08x Now total cost after sales tax is = 1.08x => 1.08x = 469.8 so, x = 435 $

I don\'t know how they got 1.08x for the total cost after sales tax?

Solution

Dear Student

Thank you for using Chegg !!

Since the initial cost before sales tax = x

Sales tax percentage = 8% of x => (8/100)x

= 0.08x

Hence total cost after sales tax = x + 0.08x

= x (1+ 0.08) = 1.08x

Also given total cost after sales tax

Therefore calculated total cost after sales tax (1.08x) should be equal to the given value.

Hence 469.8/1.08 = 435$ Solution