document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1153552>Question 1153552</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi<BR>\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<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the maximum value to the dollar of a full priced computer she can afford if she pays cash.\r<BR>\n" );
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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<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem asks what the maximum list price of the computer can be if it costs $1500 after a discount of 18%.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.82x+%3C=+1500 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.82x+%3C=+1500\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+%3C=+1500%2F0.82 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+%3C=+1500%2F0.82\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = $1829 to the nearest dollar<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If she pays with a card so that the discount is only 15%, then....<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+%3C=+1500%2F0.85 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+%3C=+1500%2F0.85\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = $1765 to the nearest dollar<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference between those two is $64.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOTE: I interpret \"a further 3 percent discount if she pays cash\" to mean that the total discount is 15%+3% = 18%.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A different possible interpretation is that the 3% discount is on the price that has already been discounted by 15%.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "With that interpretation, the total discount is 17.55% instead of 18% -- leading of course to slightly different answers to both questions.<br><BR>\n" );
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