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Darcy gave her hair hairstyles a $4.90 tip the tip was 7% of the cost of the haircut Write an equation to find​ b, the cost of the haircut

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Answer: $70

Explanation:

Let the total cost of haircut be ‘x’

Therefore, 4.9/x * 100 = 7
= 4.9 * 100 = 7 * x
= 4.9 * 100/7 = x

Therefore,
x = 490/7
= 70

Hence, the Total cost of the Haircut would be ‘x’ ie. 70$.
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