Question #c5884

1 Answer
Oct 12, 2016

Price of milk is $2.4 and price of magazine is $2.25

Explanation:

Total tax paid; 4.95-4.65 =$0.30
Let $x be the price of milk , then $(4.65-x) be the price of magazine. So x*0.05+(4.65-x)*0.08=0.30 or 0.05x-0.08x+0.372=0.3 or 0.03x=.072 or x=.072/0.03=2.4 :. 4.65-2.4=2.25
Hence price of milk is $2.4 and price of magazine is $2.25[Ans]