SOLUTION: Coupons for subtracts $5.16 from the price of a shirt you paid $15.48 for the shirtafter using a coupon write and solve an equation to find the original price of the shirt

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Question 1091386: Coupons for subtracts $5.16 from the price of a shirt you paid $15.48 for the shirtafter using a coupon write and solve an equation to find the original price of the shirt
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Since the amount paid of $15.48 is after using the coupon, the value of the coupon must be added to this amount to get the original price:
Let y = original price = $15.48 + $5.16

Solving just requires adding the two numbers on the right hand side:
+highlight%28++matrix%281%2C4%2C+++y%2C+%22=%22%2C+%22%24%22%2C+20.64%29%29+