A tax exempt charity received a bill for $118.56 which included a 4% sales tax. How much does the charity actually owe?

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A tax exempt charity received a bill for $118.56 which included a 4% sales tax.  How much does the charity actually owe?

anonymous · Answer

118.56*.04=4.74
118.56-4.74=113.82

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anonymous · Answer

lets say b= original bill and t= tax
so b * (.04) = t 
so [b * (.04) ] + b = 113.82
So we are trying to find b so we factor b from the left and we get
b( .04 + 1.00)= 113.82
b( 1.04)= 113.82
b= (113.82)/(1.04)
b=(109.4423) we round it to the one cent
b= 109.44