Question

you happen to notice that the 8% sales tax that your uncle paid on his new luxury car came to 3800 how much did the car cost him?

Answer 1

Would the answer be $2000?

Answer 2

Are you asking how much the car is without the tax?

Answer 3

F=A(.08) where F is the tax (3800) and A is the Amount before taxes.
Manipulating the equation: 3800/0.08=A

Answer 4

I'm sorry I made a slight mistake. A is not the amount before taxes but the Total amount spent on the car.

Answer 5

I looked up the answer at the back of the book and its 47500 so you were correct.