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Aminah bought a book for $8. She increased the price by 20% and sold the books to James. James further increased the price of the book by 15% and sold to Khalid. Khalid gave james $15. How much change
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Aminah bought a book for $8. She increased the price by 20% and sold the books to James. James further increased the price of the book by 15% and sold to Khalid. Khalid gave james $15. How much change should James give to Khalid?​

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Please refer to the attachment

Aminah bought a book for $8. She increased the price by 20% and sold the books to-example-1
User Allex Radu
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Answer:

3.96

Explanation:

Aminah increased the price of the book to
8\cdot1.2=9.6. James increased the price of the book to
9.6\cdot1.15=11.04. So James needs to give
15-11.04=3.96 to Khalid.

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