1985 AJHSME Problems/Problem 14
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[hide]Problem
The difference between a sales tax and a sales tax on an item priced at before tax is
Solution
The most straightforward method would be to calculate both prices, and subtract. But there's a better method...
Before we start, it's always good to convert the word problems into expressions, we can solve.
So we know that the price of the object after a increase will be , and the price of it after a increase will be . And what we're trying to find is , and if you have at least a little experience in the field of algebra, you'll notice that both of the items have a common factor, , and we can factor the expression into
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