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Revision as of 17:25, 15 November 2023
Problem
Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by on every pair of shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a
sales tax on the discounted price. He had
dollars. What is the original (before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could afford to buy?
Solution 1
Let the original price be dollars.
After the discount, the price becomes
dollars.
After tax, the price becomes
dollars.
So,
,
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Solution 2
We can assign a variable to represent the original cost of the running shoes. Next, we set up the equation
. We can solve this equation for
and get
.
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