You purchase two bottles of sunscreen and a hat. the hat costs $6.50. you pay 6% sales tax. you pay a total of $16.43. how much does one bottle of sunscreen cost?

Price + 6%of price = 1.06*price total price = 16.43 divided by 1.06 gives a pretax total of 15.50 Subtract 6.50 for the hat leaves 9.00 if 2 bottles of sunscreen total 9.00, then each bottle cost $4.50