SOLUTION: One benefit of membership in a national honor society is a 25% discount on all history magazine subscriptions. Thomas used this dicount to order an annual subscrition to American H

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: One benefit of membership in a national honor society is a 25% discount on all history magazine subscriptions. Thomas used this dicount to order an annual subscrition to American Heritage magazine and paid $24. What was the cost of a regular subscription? This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra for Colege Students

Answer by elima(1433)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = price of magazine
x - .25x = 24 (what Thomas paid)
.75x = 24
divide each side by .75;
x = 32 (cost of subscription)
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