The total (after-tax) cost of a laptop computer is $1278.24. The local sales tax rate is 7.6%. What is the retail (pre-tax) price ?

1.076 x = 1278.24

solve for x

i think the response is 1,183.56 because i did 1278.24/ 100+8% which is 1.08 and got 1,183.56

lies

To find the retail price of the laptop computer, we need to remove the sales tax amount from the total cost.

First, we need to calculate the sales tax amount. The sales tax rate is 7.6%, which can be expressed as a decimal by dividing it by 100.

Sales tax amount = (7.6 / 100) * Total cost
= (0.076) * $1278.24
= $97.09904 (rounded to the nearest cent)

Next, we subtract the sales tax amount from the total cost to find the retail price.

Retail price = Total cost - Sales tax amount
= $1278.24 - $97.09904
= $1181.14096 (rounded to the nearest cent)

Therefore, the retail (pre-tax) price of the laptop computer is approximately $1181.14.