Help please! Allie bought a pair of shoes on sale and she paid $95 altogether for 8.5% tax and 25% discount. How much was the price for the pair of shoes?

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anonymous · Answer

im not really sure what your asking if she paid 95 total but she had to pay 8.5% tax so that would be $8.95 in tax so the shoes would then have been $86.05 but she got them at 25% discount therefore originally the shoes were for sale at $114.7333 but like i said im not sure thats what your asking.

anonymous · Answer

what about the 25% discount? I'm kinda confused. Could you explain please?

anonymous · Answer

im kind of confused by the wording of the question do they want to know the pre discount price so you would know you only paid %75 of the asking price but first you have to remove the tax you paid. and calculate from there.

anonymous · Answer

To be honest, I'm not sure myself. My teacher typed up these problems himself and i'm still trying to figure out what he means.

anonymous · Answer

if x is equal to the pre discount price of the shoes then$$x*\frac{3}{4}*1.085= 95$$$$x=\text{$\$$116}.74 \text{ rounded}$$

anonymous · Answer

How did you get 1.085?

anonymous · Answer

100% + 8.5% = 108.5% = 1.085

anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much!

anonymous · Answer

Thank you for the medal.