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\n" ); document.write( "This is exactly as it appears in the textbook. Josie needs a new computer and has saved $1500.00. She decided to wait for the end of year sale where she was promised a 15 percent discount and a further 3 percent off if she paid cash.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What is the difference between the full price computer she can afford with cash and of a computer she paid by card.\r
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document.write( "Let x be the maximum value of the full priced computer she can afford if she pays cash\r\n" );
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document.write( "          (i.e. exactly the unknown value under the question).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the equation for x, from the given condition, is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.97*(0.85x) = 1500  dollars,     (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "where 0.85 = 1-0.15  and  0.97 = 1-0.03.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From equation (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 1819.28 dollars.   ANSWER to Q1\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer to the second question is\r\n" );
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document.write( "     difference = 1819.28 -  = 1819.28 - 1764.71 = 54.57  dollars.     ANSWER to Q2\r\n" );
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