Question 921986
c = cost of car before taxes.
c + .04 * c = cost of car after taxes.
you can factor out the c to get:
c * (1 + .04) = cost of car after taxes.
you can simplify to get:
c * 1.04 = cost of car after taxes.
this can also be written as:
1.04 * c = cost of car after taxes.