Question

neal buys a board games. he pays for the board game and pays $1.54 in sales tax. the sales tax rate is 5.5%. what is the original price of the board game, before tax?

Answer 1

Let g represent the price of the game.
                                                                     $1.54
Then 0.055g = $1.54.  Solve for g:     g =   ------------ = $28
                                                                       0.055

The original price of the game was $28.  (answer)

Check:  What is 0.055($28)?     $1.54.

Answer 2

The answer to your question is 28$