Question

Trudy's Trinkets is having its annual summer sale, when every item in the store gets marked down. During the sale, charm bracelets sell for $5 less than full price. Kimi purchases 3 identical charm bracelets: one for each of her friends. She pays a total of $36. How much does each charm bracelet cost at full price?
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Answer 1

Let the full price be x. During the sale each costs x - 5, and 3 of them cost 3(x - 5) = 36.
So x - 5 = 12, and x = 17.

Each bracelet costs $17 at full price.