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Bala bought a motorbike at Rs 49050 which included sales tax. The rate of sales tax was $9 \%$. Find the listed price of the motorbike (in $\mathrm{Rs}$ s).(1) 44000(2) 45000(3) 46000(4) 47000
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According to the problem, the listed price plus the sales tax (which is $9\%$ of the listed price) equals to the total price that Bala paid for the motorbike. So we can write this relationship as an equation: \[x + 0.09x = 49050\] Show more…
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