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Maizah bought a pair of pants and a briefcase at a departmental store. The sum of the prices of the pants and the briefcase before the sales tax was 130.00. There was no sales tax on the pants and a sales tax on the briefcase. The total Maizah paid, including the sales tax, was 136.75. What was the price in dollars, of the pants?

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Detailed Solution

Concept- Let the briefcase cost x. Then, we'll figure out the

percent of x that represents the sales tax. We can find the answer by calculating the value of

Prices of the pants and briefcase before sales tax

Prices of the pants and briefcase after sales tax

Sales tax on pants and the briefcase

Let

be the price of a briefcase.

Price of briefcase is 75

Price of pants

Hence, option 1 is correct.
ExamType: CBSE

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