Answer:
Price of Caleb's groceries before tax = $64
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the price of groceries before tax be =$ [tex]x[/tex]
Sales tax charged = $1.60
Sales tax rate =2.5%
Sales tax charged in terms of [tex]x[/tex] will be = 2.5% of the Original price of grocery =[tex]2.5\% of x = 0.025\times x=0.025x[/tex]
So, we have,
[tex]0.025x=1.60[/tex]
Dividing both sides by [tex]0.025[/tex]
[tex]\frac{0.025x}{0.025}=\frac{1.60}{0.025}[/tex]
∴ [tex]x=64[/tex]
∴ Price of Caleb's groceries before tax = $64
