document.write( "Question 1052493: mary paid a 5% sales tax on her new car. what was the price of the car if the sales tax was 425 dollars?
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document.write( "Reword the problem as:\r\n" );
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document.write( "$425  is  5% of what?\r\n" );
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document.write( " 425  = 0.05  ∙  x \r\n" );
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document.write( " 425 = 0.05x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by .05\r\n" );
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document.write( "425/0.05 = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    8500 = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "The car before tax was added was $8500.\r\n" );
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