Question

sales tax in a certain community is 7% if the sales tax on a new car was 1400 what was the selling price of the car

Answer 1

hello

the cost of the sale tax = 1400

the percentage of the tax = 7%

selling price = ?

`\begin{gathered} 7=(1400)/(x)*100 \\ (7)/(100)=(1400)/(x) \\ \text{cross multiply both sides } \\ 7* x=100*1400 \\ 7x=140000 \\ \text{divide both sides by 7} \\ (7x)/(7)=(140000)/(7) \\ x=20000 \end{gathered}`

from the calculation above, the selling price of the car is 20,000