Question

marta's checkbook shows that she wrote a check for $987 for building materials. what was the price of materials if sales if sales tax is 5%

Answer 1

assume price to be x.
den our equation would be
x+ 5% of x =987

solve n get the answer

Answer 2

why 5% of x because tax is calculated on the cost price of a product..
and selling price = cost price +tax

Answer 3

but i need to solve for price before tax

Answer 4

yeahh u hv assumed x to be price before tax so when u solve that equation u will get x which is price before x

Answer 5

first u find 5% of 987 that will give u the total amount of sales tax.then u subtract from it from 987.

\[5\div 100\times 987=49.35\]
\[987-49.35=937.65\]
49.35 is the total sales tax
937.65 is the price for materials