Heyaaa, can you help me out? I'm not exactly sure how to go about solving this.

Answer:
$48
Step-by-step explanation:
if youre paying 9.60 in tax and the tax is 20% you have to find out what 9.60 is 20% of
and 9.60 is 20% of 48
cost be x
[tex]\\ \rm\hookrightarrow 0.20x=9.6[/tex]
[tex]\\ \rm\hookrightarrow x=9.6/0.2[/tex]
[tex]\\ \rm\hookrightarrow x=48[/tex]