SOLUTION: Due to increased mailing costs, the new rate will cost publishers $49 million; this is 11.8% more than they paid the previous year. How much did it cost publishers last year? (Ente

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Question 1108581: Due to increased mailing costs, the new rate will cost publishers $49 million; this is 11.8% more than they paid the previous year. How much did it cost publishers last year? (Enter your answers in dollars not in millions. Round to the nearest hundreds.)

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