SOLUTION: Chang paid $8.19, including a 5% sales tax, for a shirt. If the shirt was on sale with a 25% discount, find the original price of the shirt.
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Question 791434: Chang paid $8.19, including a 5% sales tax, for a shirt. If the shirt was on sale with a 25% discount, find the original price of the shirt.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the original price
= the discounted price
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( in cents )
The original price was $10.40
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check:
The discounted price was
$7.80
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The 5% tax on this is
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Discounted price + tax =
OK
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