A store sells jump ropes. Each jump rope costs the same amount. During a sale, the store reduces the price of each jump rope by

Question

3 years ago

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$1.80. Gavin
spends $14.38 on 2 jump ropes at the sale price.
What was the price of 1 jump rope before the sale? Enter the answer in the box.

2 answers:

MAXImum [283] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-06T13:02:38+03:00

<h3>Answer: $8.99</h3>

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Work Shown:

x = price of one jump rope before the discount

x-1.80 = price of one jump rope after discount

2*(x-1.80) = total amount Gavin spends

2*(x - 1.80) = 14.38

x - 1.80 = 14.38/2 .... divide both sides by 2

x - 1.80 = 7.19

x = 7.19 + 1.80 ..... adding 1.80 to both sides

x = 8.99

Before the sale, one jump rope costs 8.99 dollars

After the sale, one jump rope costs 8.99 - 1.80 = 7.19 dollars.

This doubles to 2*7.19 = 14.38 dollars which is what Gavin spent in total. This helps confirm the answer.

Gekata [30.6K] · Answer 2 · 2022-05-06T14:22:08+03:00

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Answer:

$8.99

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