Question

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

How much was the jacket before the tax?

$113.00
$117.00
$112.72
$124.65

Answer 1

just calcule the 5% of $118,65 and how many you get you need substract it from 118,65 and in this way will get the correct answer

hope helped

Answer 2

getting in deeper with what jhonny said, 5% is .05 in decimal form. So with this in mind, do what jhonnyy said.