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?

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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?

anonymous · Answer

Please help!!!

anonymous · Answer

ok you add15 to 10 to get 25% then you take 100/25% to get $40

anonymous · Answer

Plus tax though. I thought of that

anonymous · Answer

@humphriescody

anonymous · Answer

it sade that the tax was inclodid

anonymous · Answer

Yeah..

anonymous · Answer

so then you do not haft to whery about tax because it would be $99 with out tax

anonymous · Answer

are you still here