SOLUTION: in april, pat bought a ford mustang with a 5.0-liter engine. the total price, which includes the used car plus sales tax was $17,481.75. if the sales tax was 7.25%, what was the pr

Algebra ->  Human-and-algebraic-language -> SOLUTION: in april, pat bought a ford mustang with a 5.0-liter engine. the total price, which includes the used car plus sales tax was $17,481.75. if the sales tax was 7.25%, what was the pr      Log On

Let x be the cost of the car.


Then you have this "total money" equation

    x + 0.0725x = 17481.75 dollars,

or

      1.0725x   = 17481.75

      x         = 17481.75/1.0725 = 16300.00  dollars.    ANSWER