Question 1052493
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Reword the problem as:

$425  is  5% of what?
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 425  = 0.05  &#8729;  x 

 425 = 0.05x

Divide both sides by .05

425/0.05 = x

    8500 = x

The car before tax was added was $8500.

Edwin</pre></b>