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Problem
A dress originally priced at 
dollars was put on sale for 
off. If 
tax was added to the sale price, then the total selling price (in dollars) of the dress was
Solution
After the price reduction, the sale price is 
dollars. The tax makes the final price 
dollars 
.
See Also
| 1990 AJHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 7 |
Followed by Problem 9 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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