Including 5% sales tax, an inn charges $252 per night.

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2021-08-14

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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Margot Mill

Margot Mill

Skilled2021-08-15Added 106 answers

Let x be the inn’s nightly cost before the tax is added so that:
cost without tax+tax= tal cost
x+0.05x=252
Solve for x:
1.05x=252
x=2521.05
x=240$240

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