Question

Anushree has to pay 4% of the sales tax on addition to the price of a certain article. Find the price of her article on she paid Rs 2.60 in all

Answer 1

She paid 2.60 in all. This means that the total price is Rs 2.60 .

Let the price of the article be x. Then she had to pay 4% of the price in total .

She had to pay 4% of x + x .
= > 4/100 * x + x .

= > x + 4x/100 = 2.60

= > 104x/100 = 2.60

= > 104 x = 2.60 * 100

= > 104 x = 260

= > x = 260/104

= > 2.28 approx.

$\textbf{The price was approximately 2.28 in Rs .}$