Noah pays 25.20 for non perishable food items to give to the local homeless shelter the price includes a 5% sales of tax. what is the price before tax of the food items ?

The original price of the food items was 24.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us call the original price of the food items before tax, then know that after 5% tax is included, the price becomes

   (this says original price plus 5% tax equals 25.2)

which can be rewritten as

solving for , we get:

Therefore, the original price of the food items was 24.

the y will be in still but your answer will be y x 3

step-by-step explanation:

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the 8 in 8,420 is in the thousands place so it's value is 8 thousand.

the 8 in 6,870 is in the hundreds place so it's value is 8 hundred.

divide 8000 by 800 to find the answer:

8000 / 800 = 10

the 8 in 8,420 is 10 times greater than the 8 in 6,870