Question

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?

Answer 1

You have to multiply the amount of the car and times that by the percent of tax which is going to be 0.6

Answer 2

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