SOLUTION: A customer bought a doll at a 10% discount of the original price of $105.82. However, she had to pay a sales tax of x% on the discounted price. If the total amount she paid for the

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Question 1120978: A customer bought a doll at a 10% discount of the original price of $105.82. However, she had to pay a sales tax of x% on the discounted price. If the total amount she paid for the doll was
$100, what is the value of x?
Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) About Me  (Show Source):
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the discount is 105.82%2A0.10=10.582
the discounted price is 105.82-10.582=95.238
a sales tax is x=%28%28100-95.238%29%2F95.238%29%2A100%=5%
Answer: 5%