Question

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?

Answer 1

It says x is the original price of the item. For Chris that is $100
We put it into the equation and get
.765(100)+.06[.765(100)]
76.5+.06(76.5)
76.5+4.59=
$81.09 This is the price of the jacket once you put it into the equation. Hope that helps :)

Answer 2

thanks

Answer 3

No problem :)