Molly paid 8% in sales tax on her holophone, a phone that shows the person you're talking to in 3-D. If Molly paid $416 in sales tax on the phone, what was its pre-tax price?

Do i Divide? or Multiply??
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Question

Molly paid 8% in sales tax on her holophone, a phone that shows the person you're talking to in 3-D. If Molly paid $416 in sales tax on the phone, what was its pre-tax price? 

Do i Divide? or Multiply?? 
Medal&Fan

anonymous · Answer

How is sales tax computed?
Now consider the question. Is it asking you to figure out the sales tax or to work backwards to figure out the sales price? 
Check your answer frontwards and backwards to ensure that both deliver true results.