Question

The sales tax in Bill's state is 6%. Bill bought a Scion having a sales tax of $820. What was the cost of the car? Round to the nearest dollar

Answer 1

869

Answer 2

the question is really
"820 is 6 percent of what number?" turn into math as follows.
"is" replace by "="
"of" replace by "times"
%6 replace by .06
"what" replace by a variable. i will use x
\[820=.06\times x\]
\[x=\frac{820}{.06}=\frac{82000}{6}=13667\] rounded