Answer
${{\$}} 240$
Work Step by Step
Adding a sales tax of $ 5\%$ to $ 100\%$ of x, we have the final price:
$105\%$ of $ x $ = $1.05x $
Given that $1.05x=252$
We divide with $1.05$:
$ x={{\$}} 240$
Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer
by Blitzer, Robert F.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-13446-914-3
ISBN 13:
978-0-13446-914-0
Chapter P - Section P.8 - Modeling with Equations - Exercise Set - Page 123: 18
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