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?

$70.58

$72.29

$74.86

$80.02

Answer 1

@ajprincess

Answer 2

its $72.29
as from the equation we have
1.07*.9 x=69.62
or x=69.62/(.963) =$72.29