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. PLEASE HELP ME

Answer 1

Plug in the 100 for x. It is that simple.

Answer 2

I have to agree with Anders.

Answer 3

You should get $81.09 exactly.

Answer 4

Thanks