If 5% sales tax is added to her total, what is the greatest total cost of groceries Darla can spend in order to spend as close to $15 as possible without going over?

Approximately $14.20

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the cost of the groceries be represented by c, then;

cost price + VAT = c + (5% of c)

To get the value of the cost, c, that would make him spend as close to $15. Since the tax is 5% of the cost price, then the cost price would be close to $15.

Let c = $14.20, then;

So that,

c + (5% of c) = 14.20 + (5% of 14.20)

                    = 14.20 + 0.71

                    = $14.91

Thus, the greatest total cost of groceries Darla can spend in order to spend as close to $15 as possible is approximately $14.20.

the answer for this question is 38

x=17

step-by-step explanation:

solve 3x-24=x+10

then that makes it 2x=34 because you subtract an x from both sides to get rid of the one on the right, and then you add 24 to both sides to get rid of the 24 on the left

divide by both sides by 2 to get your answer so that you can get your answer