An item is on sale at 40% off the regular price. it is tax at a rate of 6%. if the final sale price including tax is 50.88 then what is the sale price of the item without tax what was regular price the sale price of the item without tax was

the regular price of the item is

$48, $80

Step-by-step explanation:

$50.88 is the price including tax and the discount. The discount is applied first. Then the tax is applied.

The tax is 6%, so $50.88 is 106% of the discounted price.

$50.88/1.06 = $48

$48 is the discounted price.

The discount is 40% of the original price, so the pre-tax discounted price is 60% of the original price.

$48/0.6 = $80

The original price was $80

78.59 is the mean

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