SAT OwlA shirt is discounted by , and then an sales tax is applied to the discounted price. The final cost of the shirt is . What was the original price, in dollars, of the shirt before the discount and tax?
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Answer: 50
A discount multiplies the price by , and the tax multiplies the result by . So , or . Dividing gives dollars.
Combining the percents into a single discount () gives about , which ignores that the tax applies to the already-discounted price.
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