2023 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 2
- The following problem is from both the 2023 AMC 10B #2 and 2023 AMC 12B #2, so both problems redirect to this page.
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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 (easy)
We can create the equation:
using the information given. This is because x, the original price, got reduced by 20%, or multiplied by 0.8, and it also got multiplied by 1.075 on the discounted price. Solving that equation, we get
~lprado
Solution 2 (One-Step Equation)
The discounted shoe is off the original price. So that means
. There is also a
sales tax charge, so
. Now we can set up the equation
, and solving that we get
~ kabbybear
Solution 3
Let the original price be dollars.
After the discount, the price becomes
dollars.
After tax, the price becomes
dollars.
So,
,
~Mintylemon66
~ Minor tweak:Multpi12
Solution 4
We can assign a variable to represent the original cost of the shoes. Next, we set up the equation
. We can solve this equation for
and get
.
~vsinghminhas & Quintuples
Solution 5 (Intuition and Guessing)
We know the discount price will be 5/4, and 0.075 is equal to 3/40. So we look at answer choice , see that the discoutn price will be 40, and with sales tax applied it will be 43, so the answer choice is
.
Solution 6 (Not really a solution, DON'T DO THIS ON A REAL TEST)
Open up a coding IDE and use Python to solve this problem. Python code:
budget = 43.0 discount_percentage = 20.0 sales_tax_percentage = 7.5 discounted_price = budget / 1.075 / 0.8 print(f"${discounted_price:.2f}")
~Ishaan Garg
Video Solution 1 by SpreadTheMathLove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUnhwbA5_So
See also
2023 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
2023 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
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