Casey buys a bracelet. She pays for the bracelet and pays $0.72 in sales tax. The sales tax rate is 6%, percent. What is the original price of the bracelet, before tax?
Original price of the bracelet before tax is $ 12
Given that,
Casey pays $ 0.72 in sales tax
sales tax rate is 6 %
To find: original price of the bracelet, before tax
Let "a" be the original price of the bracelet before tax
Case has paid $ 0.72 in sales tax and sales tax rate is 6 % which means casey has paid 6 % of original price as sales tax rate
sales tax rate = 6 % of original price
sales tax rate = 6 % of "a"
[tex]0.72 = 6 \% \times a\\\\0.72 = \frac{6}{100} \times a\\\\a = \frac{72}{6} = 12[/tex]
Thus original price of the bracelet before tax is $ 12
