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?

A.) $70.58
B.) $72.29
C.) $74.86
D.) $80.02

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?

A.) $70.58
B.) $72.29
C.) $74.86
D.) $80.02

natalieee · Answer

plug it your answer choices and when you get =69.62 , you will have your answr (:

anonymous · Answer

Distribute 0.07 into x - 0.1x to get.. 

x - 0.1x + 0.07x - 0.007x = 69.62 

Combine like terms to get... 

0.963x = 69.62 

Divide both sides by 0.963 to get... 

x = 69.62/0.963 
x ≈ $72.29 

I hope this helps!