SOLUTION: 2. A customer pays $1,100 in state taxes on a newly purchased car. What is the value of the car if state taxes are 8.9% of the value? A. $9.765.45 B. $10,876.90 C. $12,359.

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Question 254577: 2. A customer pays $1,100 in state taxes on a newly purchased car. What is the value of the car if state taxes are 8.9% of the value?
A. $9.765.45
B. $10,876.90
C. $12,359.55
D. $14,345.48
E. $15,745.45
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Let represent the value of the car. If the sales tax rate is 8.9% of the value, then the sales tax amount is 0.089 times the value of the car.



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