Question

Gail paid $118.65 for a varsity jacket. The price includes a 5% sales tax.

How much was the jacket before the tax?

Answer 1

@TrashMan914

Answer 2

a $112.72
b $113.00
c $117.00
d $124.65

Answer 3

a

Answer 4

What makes you so positive?

Answer 5

0.05x113=5.65
5.65+113=118.65

It's not A.

Answer 6

first you multiply 118.65 by 5% and you get 5.9325 then you subtract that from 118.65

Answer 7

Which one would it be? 118 isnt up there

Answer 8

it'd be B. What skinny is doing is finding 5% of the final price that already is taxed, which would only result in double taxation. It's a pretty tricky question like that.