SOLUTION: While vacationing in the orient, Sonia spends $200 purchasing ornate cchess sets for her gift shop in California. A week later she finds the same chess set selling for $5 less per

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Question 36631: While vacationing in the orient, Sonia spends $200 purchasing ornate cchess sets for her gift shop in California. A week later she finds the same chess set selling for $5 less per piece in the bazaars of Bombay. She spends another $150 purchasing some more sets in order to average down her cost/piece.
Write an algebraic expression for the total number of chess piecces Sonia has now.
Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Letting x be the cost:
5 less of that cost --> x-5
1 week = 7 days
Equation:
200%2Fx-150%2F%28x-5%29=7
Paul.