Question

Price before Sales Tax Tom paid $\backslash (1,166.40$for a new refrigerator, including $\backslash )86.40$tax. What was the price of the refrigerator?

Short answer

The price of the refrigerator is,$\$1,080$.

Step-by-step solution

Step1.Given that,

Tax price is, $\$86.40$.

The price of new refrigerator is, $\$1,166.40$.

We need to find the price of the refrigerator.

Let the price of the refrigerator be $\$x$.

The formula used in this problem is,

Price of new refrigerator$-$Tax price$=$Price of refrigerator.

Step2.Substitute the known values in the formula.

$1166.40-86.40=x$.

Solve the above equation.

$$\begin{gathered} x=1166.40-86.40 \\ x=1080 \end{gathered}$$

Step3.Let us check the answer.

$$\begin{gathered} 1080=1166.40-86.40 \\ 1080=1080 \end{gathered}$$

which is true.

Therefore, the price of refrigerator is,$\$1080$.