Question

The sales tax rate is 8%. If Jim bought a used Buick and paid a sales tax of $1,850, what was the cost of the Buick before the tax?

Answer 1

Answer: The price of the car before tax is x = 23,125

Step-by-step explanation: Let the price of the car = x.

8% of the price of the car is $1850.

We now translate the sentence into an equation using x as the unknown amount. Then we solve the equation to find x, the price of the car before tax.

8% * x = 1850

0.08x = 1850

x = 1850/0.08

x = 23,125