Question 199347
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Let *[tex \Large x] represent the number of items she purchased.  Since she paid $36 for each of them, she paid *[tex \Large 36x] total.  Since they were marked down $5, the original price must have been *[tex \Large 36 + 5 = 41].  Five fewer than she actually bought is *[tex \Large x - 5] so the amount she would have spent if they had not been marked down must be *[tex \Large 41(x - 5)].  We are given that both of these amounts are the same, so:


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 36x = 41(x - 5)]


Solve for *[tex \Large x]


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
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