Question

After a discount of 10%, the price of a pair of jeans, including tax, was $69.62. The following equation can be used to find x, the price of the pair of jeans without the discount:
x - 0.1x + 0.07(x - 0.1x) = 69.62

What is the price of the pair of jeans without the discount?

A-$70.58
b-$72.29
c-$74.86
d-

Answer 1

The price without the discount would be b-$72.29

First, we need to multiply all numbers that contain variable x



x -0.1 x + 0.07x - 0.007x = 69.62

0.963 x = 69.62

After this, we just need to find the value of x

x= 69.62 / 0.963

x = 72.29