document.write( "Question 1190439: A man realizes he lost the detailed receipt from the store and only has the credit card receipt with the after-tax total. If the after-tax total was $848.00, and the tax rate in the area is 6%, what was the pre-tax subtotal?
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document.write( "If pre-tax total is x (the unknown under the problem's question), the you have this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 0.06x = 848  dollars,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1.06x = 848,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which gives you  x =  = 800  dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Pre-tax subtotal was  800 dollars.\r\n" );
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