A store offers a 15% discount on all items in the store during a sale. All store employees get an additional 10% employee discount. In the equation below, C represents the cost of an item for an employee including tax, and x represents the original price of the item.

C = 0.765x + 0.06(0.765x)

Chris is an employee at the store. He plans to buy a coat during the sale. The price of the coat before the discount is $100. How much will Chris pay for the coat during the sale?

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A store offers a 15% discount on all items in the store during a sale. All store employees get an additional 10% employee discount. In the equation below, C represents the cost of an item for an employee including tax, and x represents the original price of the item.

C = 0.765x + 0.06(0.765x)

Chris is an employee at the store. He plans to buy a coat during the sale. The price of the coat before the discount is $100. How much will Chris pay for the coat during the sale?

anonymous · Answer

Does this formula also incorporate the amount of discount?  It only says tax.  I'm guessing not, because the cost after tax is $81.09...kind of high for an employee who gets 25% off

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

It's already on sale though.  So the employee will still get his 10% discount.  To find 10% of a number, move the decimal once to the left.  So, he will get an discount of $8.10.  $81.09 - $8.10 =

anonymous · Answer

$72.99