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Translate the word problem above into an equation; then solve
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Translate the word problem above into an equation; then solve

Translate the word problem above into an equation; then solve-example-1
User Ebrahim Ghasemi
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Let x represent price before tax. Then the tax would be represented as 0.05 x.
Therefore, we can set .05 x to the tax price and solve.
.05x = 37.25
dividing by .05,
x = 745
The warm-ups cost $745.
(Those are quite expensive!!!)
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