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The phone case you want to buy is marked down 30%, and you have a 25% off coupon. You pay $42.00. Can this* equation be used to find the original price of the phone case? If so, what is the original price of the item? Explain.

*The equation in question - (0.7c) = 42

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Answer:

Explanation:

The selling price of a phone case with a 25% coupon is $56 and the original selling price of the phone case without any discount is $80.

What is the selling price?

The price at which an article is sold is known as the selling price of that article.

Given that you have a 25% off coupon and paid $42.00 for a phone case. The phone case was marked down 30%. So,

Let's consider that you use a 25% off coupon and then paid $42 for the phone case. The price of phone case including coupon is,

75 % of price = $42.00

100% of price =

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