Answer: 15,384.60 is the price before the car was decreased by 9%.
You can verify this by doing the following:
15,384.60 x 9% (.09) = 1,384.615
15,384.60 (original price) - 1,384.614 (9% of original price) = 13,999.986 which is rounded to 14,000.00.
Therefore, the answer of 15,384.60 is correct.