A customer bought a car and paid $1,080 in sales tax. The sales tax rate is 6%. What was the price of the car before the tax?

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Paulina Kelly

21 October, 16:15

A customer bought a car and paid $1,080 in sales tax. The sales tax rate is 6%. What was the price of the car before the tax?

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Anne Harris · Answer 1

Okay. So you have the amount of take, and the tax rate.

To find tax you multiply the amount (x) by the percent of tax in decimal form.

So:

.06x = $1,080

x = $18,000