Given
Jerry receives a 15% employee discount at the store where he works.
If he pays $49.3 for an item.
To find: What was the original price of the item?
Explanation:
It is given that,
Jerry receives a 15% employee discount at the store where he works.
If he pays $49.3 for an item.
Then,
The listed (original) price of the item is,
[tex]Original\text{ }price=Selling\text{ }price+Discount[/tex]Let x be the original price.
Then,
[tex]x=49.3+Discount[/tex]Since Discount % is 15.
Then, D
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