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James buys a shirt and a pair of socks on sale for 25% off. If the price of the shirt before the sale was $24 and he spent a total of $24, what was the original price of the socks? Enter your answer in the box.

User Tanvir
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Answer:

$8

Explanation:

Using the information we already know, we can form an equation:

Let x be the socks' original price.


(24+x) ×
0.75=24

Divide both sides by 0.75


24+x=32

Subtract 24 from both sides


x=8

The socks' original price was $8.

User Ohgodwhy
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Answer:

The price of the socks is dollar 8

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