SOLUTION: A wine merechant buys 50 cases of wine. He pays full price for half of them but gets a 40% discount on the remainder. If he paid a total of $2260, how much was the full price of

Question 185392: A wine merechant buys 50 cases of wine. He pays full price for half of them but gets a 40% discount on the remainder. If he paid a total of $2260, how much was the full price of a single case?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the full price cost be F
The merchant pays F for 25 bottles and (1-0.4)=0.6F for the rest

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