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Max wants to buy headphones which are 1/2 off. Those headphones have a tax of 5$. Max paid 51$ in total. what is the original price of the headphones?
Explain HOW you got your equation and solve/check.
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Let x be the original price.
(1/2)x + 5 = 51
Multiply both sides by 2,
x + 10 = 102
Add -10 to both sides,
x = $92 <==Answer
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