Question

Help please! 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

C = 0.765x + 0.06(0.765x)
x = 100

plug in

Answer 2

so its c=0.765(100)+0.06(0.765x100) ??

Answer 3

yes, what do u get?

Answer 4

c= 76.5+4.59

Answer 5

correct, one more step

Answer 6

is it 81.09?

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

thank you so much!(:

Answer 9

you welcome