total price including tax is $13359.60
8% tax was paid
What is the dollar amount of tax paid?

from a student

The amount that you paid, $13359.60, is made up of two parts, the price on the price tag, call it $P, and the tax which is 8% of $P. If you can find $P then you can calculate the tax, it is 8% of $P, that is  ⁸/₁₀₀ x $P.

What you know is that