document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=284255>Question 284255</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The airfare of a flight from Amarillo, Tx to New Orleans cost $280, which includes a 7% sales tax.  What is the cost of the flight before tax? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The airfare of a flight from Amarillo, Tx to New Orleans cost $280, which includes a 7% sales tax. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the cost of the flight before tax?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the post by @mananth, the treatment is not adequate to the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Due to this reason, his solution is conceptually incorrect.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I came to bring a correct solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the cost of the ticket be x dollars before tax.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The purchase including the 7% sales tax is (1+0.07)x = 1.07x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have this equation \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.07x  = 280  dollars.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence &nbsp;&nbsp;x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=280%2F1.07 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"280%2F1.07\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 261.682243.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We round it to the closest cent.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>ANSWER</U>.  &nbsp;&nbsp;The cost of the flight before the tax is  &nbsp;$261.68.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solved correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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