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Question

Malika decides to use some of her savings to buy a bicycle. She compares the prices of 3 brands of bicycles. The racerz, the speedmonster and the swiftee. The speedmonster's price is $64.80. The racerz is $20 less than 2.5 times the price of the speedmonster. The swiftee is 1.09 times the price the racerz. What are the prices of the racerz and wiftee? Show your work

Answer 1

Hi Ali,

The price for the racerz = 2.5* $64.80-20 = $142.00

The price for the swiftee= 1.09*$142.00   = $154.78