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shortstop · 12-26-2010

I'm extremely thick headed for some reason so help would be appreciated.

Ok so lets say I paid $22.69 for a pizza. The sale tax rate is 8%. Now I need to find the price of the pizza alone.

My question is, why can't I just subtract 8% from the 22.69 to get my answer? When I read the problem, that's the first solution my brain comes up with (to just subtract 8% off the price that already has 8% added to it.)

12-26-2010	#1
shortstop Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1	Need help understanding Sales Tax Rate I'm extremely thick headed for some reason so help would be appreciated. Ok so lets say I paid $22.69 for a pizza. The sale tax rate is 8%. Now I need to find the price of the pizza alone. My question is, why can't I just subtract 8% from the 22.69 to get my answer? When I read the problem, that's the first solution my brain comes up with (to just subtract 8% off the price that already has 8% added to it.)