Question

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? Remember, do not include the $ symbol.

Answer 1

\[C= .765x+.06(.765x)\]
\[x=100\]
because "x represents the original price of the item"
so your new equation is
\[C=.756(100)+.06(.756(100))\]

Answer 2

so its 100?

Answer 3

NO

Answer 4

You have to solve for the final equation

Answer 5

ok
lemme so what i get

Answer 6

ok tell me what you get

Answer 7

i got 80.136

Answer 8

yupp so that can just be rounded to 80.14

Answer 9

ok thank you!

Answer 10

no problem