document.write( "Question 1162565: A salesman sold a book at 105% of the marked price instead of discounting the marked price by 5%. If he sold the book for $4.20, what was the price for which he should have sold the book? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the regular price of the book.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then  1.05x = 4.20  dollars,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which implies x =  = 4 dollars for the regular price.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the discounted price should be  0.95*4.00 = 3.80  dollars.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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