Answer:
$40 was the original price.
Step-by-step explanation:
10% = 0.1
36 / (1 - 0.1) = 40
let cos^{-1}x=t
cos t=x
when x=1,cos t=1=cos 0
t \rightarrow 0
40 because 3+6+12 = 21 and 8+11+21 =40
Is -6
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