Including a 5% sales tax, an in charges $252 per night. Find the inn's nightly cost before the tax is added

Question

Find the inns nightly cost before tax 

Answer 1

How anybody can sleep well in a room costing $252 sure beats me!

 

Anyway, the total cost to the sleeper is 1.05x = 252, where x is the price before adding sales tax.

 

I trust that you can solve for x.