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document.write( "The sound Connection prices TDK 100-min blank audiotapes by raising the wholesale price 50% and adding 25 cents. What must a tape's wholesale price be if the tape is to sell for $1.99?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the wholesale price be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5x+25 = 199<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5x = 174<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 116 cents = $1.16<BR>\n" );
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