SOLUTION: With the major options package and destination charge, a sports car cost $24,416. The base price of the car was ten times the price of the major options package and fifty times the

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: With the major options package and destination charge, a sports car cost $24,416. The base price of the car was ten times the price of the major options package and fifty times the destination charge. What was the base price of the car?
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let b=base price ... b+(b/10)+(b/50)=24416 ... b+.1b+.02b=24416 ... 1.12b=24416 ... b=21800