Math question about sales tax

[de9ali]

If I bought something for $110 and there was 10% sales tax. What is the formula to figure out the original price?

 

[amnesiac]

You're f-ing kidding me, right? That's as elementary as algebra can get.

 

[nater]

lol....add $11

 

[Hammer]

lol.

divide by 1.10

 

[Orsorum]

Total price divided by 1.10.

 

[eakers]

.10*110 + 110

 

[amnesiac]

Ok, I'll help you but only because the short bus stopped to let me cross the street this morning:

(Original Price) * (1.10) = (Total Price)

(Original Price) = (Total Price) / (1.10)

 

[Marshallj]

You need to multiply the length of your schoolbus divided by the velocity of your car divided by the constant represented by the speed of light.

 

[911paramedic]

If you PAID 110, then

x=110-(x. .1)

 

[Scarpozzi]

Subtract 50 and then take the tangeant of the second derivative of the square to equal nef.

 

[de9ali]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
You're f-ing kidding me, right? That's as elementary as algebra can get.

Yeah, I rode the short bus to school.

 

[Ophir]

multiply by a million (thats 1000000 if you don't find the "a million" button on your calculator).

 

[de9ali]

Thanks guys.

 

[Moonbeam]

10% of something is 10/100ths of it or 1/10th of it. To find ten percent of something you take a tenth of it. You multiply by 1/10 or you divide by 10. Same thing. To divide by ten is simply to move the decimal point one place to the left 10% of $110.00 = $11.000 or $11.00.

If the item were 110.35 the problem becomes more complex. In this case you need to know how to round off because there is no such coin as a half cent. 5 to 9 rounds up and 1 to 4 round down. $11.04

 

[her209]

Total = Original Price ( 1 + Tax Percentage )

You do the math.

 

[human2k]

Sales tax is gay.

 

[Nocturnal]

Easiest way to do it is this: if it's 10% sales tax turn the % into a decimal. You do that by moving the decimal place two places to the left. So the decimal would start out at 0, you move it over two places and it ends up being .10. Now you multiply .10 by your total, and what you come up with you will add that to the total of your purchase. Bam, simplest explination possible.

 

[Banana]

Originally posted by: nater
lol....add $11

Short bus too?