Question

A plane fare including 8% in taxes and fees, is $280.80. How much are the taxes and fees?

Answer 1

@dmezzullo

Answer 2

we did this yest divide 280.80 by 8

Answer 3

OHH RIGHT! sorry! xD It looked different for some reason.

Answer 4

its cool. tag me if u got more

Answer 5

What?? no don't divide by 8!

x + x*0.08 = 280.80

Solve for x

Answer 6

x will the original cost. If you multiply your value of x by 0.08, that will be the taxes and fees

Answer 7

You know what the funny thing is? in mu book it says the answer is $20.80. I'm trying to figure out how they go that. :0

Answer 8

Thank you @dmezzullo

Answer 9

I will :)

Answer 10

Np.

Answer 11

Dmezzullo is completely wrong!!!! Look:

x + x*0.08 = 280.80
1.08x = 280.80
x=260

So the original cost was 260$

Now multiply 260 by 0.08

260*0.08 = 20.8$

Answer 12

@dmezzullo don't help people if you have no idea what you're doing, you're misleading people

Answer 13

ok Thank you this helps. :)
I they meant too.:)

Answer 14

How am i misleading ppl explain tht to me.

Answer 15

Dividing by 8 is completely useless, has nothing to do with the question or the answer and gives you an incorrect answer.

Answer 16

oops! sorry I meant to say i dont think he meant too.

Answer 17

I recommend you unfan dmezzullo, @GodBlessYou, he's a fraud! :P

Answer 18

How am i a fraud? @BluFoot

Answer 19

I just told you!! See my previous post about how dividing by 8 is useless

Answer 20

EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT I DID WRONG! @BluFoot SINCE U KNOW EVERYTHING MR KNOW IT ALL.

Answer 21

LOl! I think they just made a mistake. Its not worth aruging over. :D

Answer 22

Don't u got some explaining to do @BluFoot

Answer 23

@dmezzullo OK 280.80$ is including sales and taxes. Which means that the original price + the taxes = 280.80

so if we call the original price x then

x + x*8/100 = 280.80

Solve for x and you get the original price. Multiply that value by 8, divide by 100 and you get the taxes

Answer 24

I dont think your a fraud @dmezzullo :) Everyone miscalculates sometime. ;)

Answer 25

Dividing 280.80 by 8 gives you 35.1, but the answer is 20.8. Clearly does not work

Answer 26

It's not a miscalculation, it's a completely incorrect method of approaching the problem

Answer 27

Or its called im a human that makes mistakes.... Not a "Mr. Know It All Like U."

Answer 28

@SWAG wat would u say bout this? Tiny mistake?

Answer 29

Hey! SWAG just changed his picture! lol! :)

Answer 30

@GodBlessYou Yes i did & @BluFoot No need to be rude to @dmezzullo

Answer 31

Can we be done with this ong drawn out discussion? lol:D Thank you for your guys help!
I am going to try to write this our and figure it out. :)

Answer 32

i mean long discussion sorry.