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The price, including the sales tax, Andre paid for a pair of blue jeans was $ 139.20$. If the sales tax rate was $8.75 \%$, determine the price of the jeans before the sales tax was added.
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20 was the sales tax. To do this, we can set up an equation: Price before tax + Sales tax = Total price Price before tax + (Price before tax * 8.75%) = $139.20 Now, we can solve for the price before tax: Price before tax * (1 + 8.75%) = $139.20 Show more…
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