SOLUTION: Including 6% sales tax, a car sold for $23,850. Find the price of the car before the tax was added.

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Question 276970: Including 6% sales tax, a car sold for $23,850. Find the price of the car before the tax was added.
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Let's set up x representing the cost of the car so the formula will be:
x+.06x=23,850 Combine like terms to get:
1.06x=23,850 Divide both sides by 1.06 to get:
x=22,500
There we go. the cost of the car is $22,500
Make sense?
RJ
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