SOLUTION: The monthly parking fee at the Safety First Parking Garage is one and one-half times last year's montly fee, but compact cars will now receive a $10 per month discount. If the owne

Question 481358: The monthly parking fee at the Safety First Parking Garage is one and one-half times last year's montly fee, but compact cars will now receive a $10 per month discount. If the owner of a compact car pays $98 per month this year, what was his monthly fee last year?
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The monthly parking fee at the Safety First Parking Garage is one and one-half times last year's montly fee, but compact cars will now receive a $10 per month discount. If the owner of a compact car pays $98 per month this year, what was his monthly fee last year?
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let x=monthly fee last year
3x/2=monthly fee this year
3x/2-10=98 (monthly fee this year less discount)
3x/2=108
3x=216
x=72
ans:
$72=The monthly fee last year
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