Question

kala bought the following items from a general store
calculate the bill amount

a)hair dryer costing Rs.2500 with GST at 5%

b)cosmetics costing Rs.1500 with GST at 12%

c)rice costing Rs.900 with GST at 0%​

Answer 1

Price after 8% vat=5400

If the initial price=x

vat=8%

Final price=x+

1008x

=x( 100

108 )

Given:-

100

108x

=5400

⇒x= 108

5400×100

=5000

∴ The price of hair dryer before VAT was added =5000