a customer went to a shop and paid a total of $ 40 , out of which 90 cents was for sales tax on taxable purchases . if the tax rate was 6 % , then what was the cost of the tax free items ?
"the total cost was $ 40 . the tax was $ 0.90 let the original price of the taxable items = x given that tax rate = 6 % 0.06 x = 0.90 x = $ 15 the cost of the tax free items was $ 40 - $ 15 - $ 0.90 = $ 24.10 the answer is c ."
subtract(subtract(40, 90), multiply(6, const_2))