document.write( "Question 717759: A cattle rancher is going to sell one of his prize bulls at an auction and would like to make $81,900 after paying a 9% commission to the auctioneer. For what selling price will the rancher make this amount of money \n" ); document.write( "

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Let $\"+p+\"$ = the selling price
\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+p+-+.09p+=+81900+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+.91p+=+81900+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+p+=+81900+%2F+.91+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+p+=+90000+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The rancher's selling price is $90,000
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