document.write( "Question 1095037: a car wash offers yearly membership for the price of $18. Each membership entitles the customer to a discount of 25% off the regular price of each service. If a customer spends a total of $261 in a year at the car wash, including the cost of a membership, how much would that customer have paid for the same services without the membership? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let x = the regular price for one service.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of services = N = \"%28261-18%29%2F%280.75x%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "The cost for the same number of services without the membership discount is \r\n" );
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document.write( "Cost = x*N = \"x%2A%28261-18%29%2F%280.75x%29\" = \"%28261-18%29%2F0.75\" = 324 dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer. 324 dollars (against 261 dollars).\r\n" );
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