SOLUTION: Jerome bought a sweater that was on sale for 20 percent off. Jerome paid $25.10 for the sweater, including sales tax of 8.25 percent. Write an equation that can be used to find the

Question 988496: Jerome bought a sweater that was on sale for 20 percent off. Jerome paid $25.10 for the sweater, including sales tax of 8.25 percent. Write an equation that can be used to find the original price of the sweater
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the original price of the sweater
Jerome pays:

Then tax gets added, so

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solving:

check my math!
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