Answer:
The required equation is [tex]d=\frac{p-0.18}{1.04}[/tex].
Step-by-step explanation:
Consider the provided information.
Gasoline stations compute the price per gallon p, in dollars, charged at the pump by adding a 4 percent sales tax to the dealer’s price per gallon d, in dollars.
Let dealer's price is represented by d and the sales price is represented by p.
It is given that the gasoline stations charged at the pump by adding a 4 percent sales tax to the dealer’s price per gallon.Then adding a gasoline tax of $0.18 per gallon.
This can be written as:
[tex]p=d+4\%d+0.18\\p=d+0.04d+0.18\\p=1.04d+0.18[/tex]
Solve the above equation for d.
[tex]p=1.04d+0.18\\1.04d=p-0.18\\d=\frac{p-0.18}{1.04}[/tex]
Hence, the required equation is [tex]d=\frac{p-0.18}{1.04}[/tex].