Question

Maplewood Furniture store is having a sale on dining room furniture. When a customer purchases a set of dining chairs, a one-time discount of $55 is applied to the total. During the sale, Rhianna buys a set 6 chairs that match the table she inherited from her grandmother. Rhianna pays $455 in all.

What equation can you use to find the regular cast, c, of each chair

Answer 1

Let c be the regular cost of each chair.

Since Rhianna buys 6 chairs and receives a one-time discount of $55, the total cost she pays is $455. Therefore, we can set up the equation:

6c - 55 = 455

Solving for c:

6c = 455 + 55
6c = 510
c = 510 / 6
c = 85

Therefore, the regular cost of each chair is $85.