After a discount of 10%, the price of a pair of jeans, including tax, was $69.62. The following equation can be used to find x, the price of the pair of jeans without the discount.

x - 0.1x + 0.07(x - 0.1x) = 69.62

What is the price of the pair of jeans without the discount?

Question

After a discount of 10%, the price of a pair of jeans, including tax, was $69.62. The following equation can be used to find x, the price of the pair of jeans without the discount.

x - 0.1x + 0.07(x - 0.1x) = 69.62

What is the price of the pair of jeans without the discount?

anonymous · Answer

Distribute 0.07 into x - 0.1x to get..

x - 0.1x + 0.07x - 0.007x = 69.62

Combine like terms to get...

0.963x = 69.62

Divide both sides by 0.963 to get...

x = 69.62/0.963
x ≈ $72.29