Question

Raj paid $31.86 for a new basketball. The price he paid included sales tax of 6.25%.

Which equation can be used to find the price, p, of the basketball before tax?

A.
p + 0.0625p = 31.86

B.
6.25p = 31.86

C.
0.0625p = 31.86

D.
p + 6.25p = 31.86

Answer 1

@YoungStudier

Answer 2

can you guess?

Answer 3

hello?

Answer 4

@Study312 sorry was trying to figure it out i think b

Answer 5

How does tax work? Do you calculate it passed on the final price or the original price? Do you add it to the original price or what?

Answer 6

@tkhunny orginal

Answer 7

Okay, and is sales tax usually a GIANT number or something rather small by comparison?

Answer 8

small

Answer 9

6.25% as a decimal is 0.0625 and you don't get taxed each basketball unless you buy them separately, so if 0.625p is the price before tax then we add the tax on so then what would the answer be? In other words price + price

Answer 10

@Study312 25.61

Answer 11

no you're not adding,subtracting,multiplying, or dividing. which one of the choices best matches the hint I gave you?

Answer 12

@Study312 a?

Answer 13

Yes! Great job :D

Answer 14

People are SO impatient.

Take a look as B. and D. See that 6.25p? That is a HUGE number. That can't possibly be right. This would mean the tax is more than SIX TIMES the prices. LET'S just throw those out right away.

Now, let's look at C. We have 0.0625p. I like that. We seem to have calculate the tax, but we didn't add it to anything. This is JUST the tax. That's no good.

I think we should take a GOOD HARD look at choice A. What do you think?