mike went to the bakery and bought eatable worth 25$, out of which 30 cents went on sales tax on taxable purchases. if the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?

Answer 1

taxable items ---- x
cost of taxable items = x + .06x = 1.06x
non-taxable items ---- 25-1.06x

.06x = .30
x=5

So he bought 5$ of taxable and 19.70$ of nontaxable items.

check:
5 + .06(5) + 19.75
=

Answer 2

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