Step-by-step explanation: To solve this proportion for n, we can use cross products.
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Discounted by 25% means he paid 75% of the original price:
80 x 0.75 = $60
Now multiply the sale price by 1 + tax rate:
60 x 1.05 = 63
He paid $63 total.
If these both men were working at normal hours, and then, (John) worked "2 more hours" than Gary has, this would just mean that he has worked more.
x+2= x+2.
Now if John has worked the double amount, 4 more times than Gary's usual hours, this would mean something quite different.
Then the expression would look like, (x+2×4x)
We don't know how many hours are the "usual hours", this is what "x" would then represent.
John has then worked (4×2+x) more hours than Gary.
Your answer: (4×2+x)
