document.write( "Question 1164872: Jackie went to a candle store and bought 8 candles and a discount card for $10. Later that day, she went back and bought 10 more candles. She got a $2 discount for using her new discount card. If she spent a total of $98 at the candle store that day, how much did each candle cost, assuming that they each cost the same amount? \n" ); document.write( "

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she went to the candle store and bought 8 candles and a discount card for 10 dollars.
\n" ); document.write( "i interpret this to mean she paid 10 dollars for the discount card.
\n" ); document.write( "she went back to the store and bought another 10 candles.
\n" ); document.write( "she got a discount of 2 dollars for using the discount card.
\n" ); document.write( "the total she spent that day was 98 dollars.
\n" ); document.write( "take away the 10 dollars that she spent for the discount card and she spent 88 dollars for the candles.
\n" ); document.write( "add the 2 dollars discount to that total and she spent 90 dollars for the candles without the discount.
\n" ); document.write( "the price of the candles without any discount was 90 / 18 = 5 dollars each.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "without any discount, she would have payed 18 * 5 = 90 dollars for the candles.
\n" ); document.write( "she paid an extra 10 dollars for the discount card making her total 100 dollars.
\n" ); document.write( "she got a 2 dollar discount making her total 98 dollars spent at the store.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "with this interpretation, the solution makes sense.
\n" ); document.write( "the solution is that the candles cost 5 dollars apiece without any discount.\r
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