Jaime purchased both a trumpet and a violin for the same amount of money for his music store where he sells used instruments. He marked the trumpet up 40% and sold it for $84. He marked the violin up 45% and sold it to a customer who had a coupon for 15% off any instrument. How much did the customer pay for the violin?

the answer is 1/4

step-by-step explanation:

the answer is:

the correct option:

b.

to solve the problem, we need to remember how to operate to simplify exponential expressions using the logarithms.

we are given the equation:

then, using placing logarith with base 7 on both sides of the equation, we have:

so, rounding the obtained result to two decimal places (nearest hundreth), we have:

hence, we have that the correct option:

b.

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