Question

All books in a store are being discounted by 30 percent

part a: let x represent the regular price of any book in the store.write an equation that can be used to find the sale price of any book in the store.

Jerome bought a book on sale at the store. the sale price of the book was $ 8.96.

part b: solve the equation to find the regular price of the book to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

okay, I'm not sure if I'm understanding this right but I think the equation to find the sale price would be x-30%.

The regular price of $8.96 should be 11.65.