document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1028928>Question 1028928</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The discounted price on a pair of shoes is 75% off the original price.  This is a savings of $10.  A sales tax of 7% will be added to the discounted price.  How much sales tax will be added? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "0.75*X = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide each side by 0.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X = 10/0.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X = 13 1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The discounted price is 25% of the original price, so the sales<BR>\n" );
document.write( "price is 0.25 * 13 1/13 = 3.27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sales tax is 7% of this, so the sales tax is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.07*3.27 = $0.23 rounded </SPAN>\n" );
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