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1/4^-2 can also be written as 4^2 = 16
So first we need to get rid of that naughty sales tax so we need to divide 30.45 by 1.05 since 30.45 is 105% of the pre-tax price. We get the answer of 29 and subtract 12 from 29 since the long fleece socks cost 12 bucks and we get 17 dollars. Since there are 2 pairs of regular songs we divide 17 by 2 and get 8.5
So the regular socks cost $8.50
Checking work 8.5*2=17
12+17=29
1.05*29=30.45
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