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Jonas has bought three t-shirts. Each t-shirt was the same price. After using a 10% off coupon the total charge was 95 what was the cost of each t-shirt

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Answer:

35 5/27

Explanation:

You just have to set up an equation:

0.9/95 = 1/x

And if you cross-multiply, you get:

0.9x=95

Which means x is 95/0.9 which is 105 5/9. So, if all three t-shirts costed 105 5/9, and they all costed the same, then one t-shirt costs 35 5/27.

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