Answer:
The original price of the food items was 24.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let us call [tex]x[/tex] the original price of the food items before tax, then know that after 5% tax is included, the price becomes
[tex]x+ (5\% )x = 25.2[/tex] (this says original price plus 5% tax equals 25.2)
which can be rewritten as
[tex]$x+ \frac{5\%}{100\%}x =25.2 $[/tex]
[tex]$x+ 0.05x =25.2 $[/tex]
[tex]1.05x = 25.2[/tex]
solving for [tex]x[/tex], we get:
[tex]\boxed{ x = 24.}[/tex]
Therefore, the original price of the food items was 24.
