After a discount of 10%, the price of a jacket, including tax, is $70.79. The following equation can be used to find x, the price of the jacket without the discount. x - 0.1x + 0.06(x - 0.1x) = 70.79 What is the price of the jacket without the discount?

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After a discount of 10%, the price of a jacket, including tax, is $70.79. The following equation can be used to find x, the price of the jacket without the discount.  x - 0.1x + 0.06(x - 0.1x) = 70.79  What is the price of the jacket without the discount?

anonymous · Answer

70.79

ganpat · Answer

x - 0.1x + 0.06(x - 0.1x) = 70.79 ..

can u isolate x ?? 

take it one side and rest all on other..

cedric · Answer

ok hold on

anonymous · Answer

It is not about the variable X, ok.

ganpat · Answer

@Zekarias : After a discount of 10%, the price of a jacket, including tax, is $70.79...

so price of jacket after discount is 70.79$

cedric · Answer

so it'd be 74.20?

anonymous · Answer

Thank you you are correct, cedric.

ganpat · Answer

x - 0.1x + 0.06(x - 0.1x) = 70.79
x - 0.1x + 0.06x - 0.006x = 70.79

so x = 74.20.. $..

u r right..

cedric · Answer

alright thanks you guys