SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem: Including 6% salestax a car sold for $15,370. What is the pretax cost of the car?

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Question 948069: Please help me solve this word problem: Including 6% salestax a car sold for $15,370. What is the pretax cost of the car?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, MathLover1:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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How is that a "word problem?"
It's a sales problem.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Including 6%=0.06 sales tax a car sold for $15370.

a car is sold for pretax_cost%2Bsales_tax=15370
let the pretax cost of the car be x
x%2B0.06x=15370
1.06x=15370
x=15370%2F1.06
highlight%28x=14500%29 -the pretax cost of the car was $14500

check:
6% sales tax was 0.06%2A14500=870
14500%2B870=15370 => 15370=15370