SOLUTION: A wine merechant buys 50 cases of wine. He pays full price for half of them but gets a 40% discount on the remainder. If he paid a total of $2260, how much was the full price of

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Question 185392: A wine merechant buys 50 cases of wine. He pays full price for half of them but gets a 40% discount on the remainder. If he paid a total of $2260, how much was the full price of a single case?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the full price cost be F
The merchant pays F for 25 bottles and (1-0.4)=0.6F for the rest
totalCost+=+25%2AF+%2B+25%2A%280.6F%29
2260+=+25F+%2B+15F
2260+=+40F
56.50+=+F