document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1029329>Question 1029329</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ron bought a computer, listed at $x, at a 15% discount.  He also paid a 5% sales tax.  After 6 months, he decided to sell the computer secondhand for $y, which was 55% of what he paid originally.  Express y as a function of x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer: y=-55% = x-15%+5%.  I'm very confused? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #644375 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=644375\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The 15% discount made the purchase price  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.85x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.85x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > dollars.  The tax may be in addition to the purchase price, so if the 5% tax is based on the LISTED price, then  purchase price PLUS the tax becomes  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.85x%2B0.05x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.85x%2B0.05x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Fully, what he paid was  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.85x%2B0.05x=0.90x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.85x%2B0.05x=0.90x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ron sold the computer for y dollars.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read through the description one phrase at a time, watching the numbers and any variables, and build-up the expressions and equations, and connect any identified relationships.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This question is a little ambiguous to me, so I ASSUMED the tax is based on the listed price, and not on the price of AFTER DISCOUNT.   </SPAN>\n" );
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