Including 5% sales tax, an inn charges $252 per night. Find the inn's nightly cost before the tax is added

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Ronan Prince

27 May, 12:08

Including 5% sales tax, an inn charges $252 per night. Find the inn's nightly cost before the tax is added

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Clara Ferrell · Answer 1

Hi,

To find the cost before tax, we must find out how much the tax is. So we multiply 252 x. 05 to get 12.6. So we know the tax was 12.6 dollars. Now all we have to do is subtract that from the total to get our answer. 252 - 12.6 = 239.4.

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