document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=223080>Question 223080</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A customer pays $1,100.00 in state taxes on a newly perchased car. What is the value of the car if state taxes are 8.9% of the value.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " I tried muliplying 1100 by 8.9% still lost. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The question says, \"8.9% of 'some number' equals 1,100--what is the value of some number'?\" Let's call the number 'x'.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".089x=1100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1100/.089 </SPAN>\n" );
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