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document.write( "Does he sell them for $12?  Or buy them for $12?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assuming you mean he buys them for $12:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "He adds 80% --> $12*1.8 = $21.60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20% off of that --> $21.60*0.8 = $17.28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 7% for tax --> $17.28*1.07 = $18.49\r<BR>\n" );
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