SOLUTION: Alice paid $1130 for a Vespa. Included in the price was the 8.5% sales tax and $45 title. What is the sticker price of the scooter?

Question 951236: Alice paid $1130 for a Vespa. Included in the price was the 8.5% sales tax and $45 title. What is the sticker price of the scooter?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the sticker price of the scooter be
if Alice paid $ for a Vespa, and in the price was included the %( which is of ) sales tax and $ title, then
............solve for

$

so, the sticker price of the scooter is $

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