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 of 6 chairs that match the table she inherited from her grandmother. Rhianna pays $455 in all.
What is the regular cost of each chair?
Let's represent the regular cost of each chair as "x".
Since Rhianna bought a set of 6 chairs, the regular cost of the 6 chairs would be 6x.
The sale applies a one-time discount of $55, so the cost of the 6 chairs after the discount is 6x - 55.
Given that Rhianna paid $455 in all, we can set up the following equation:
6x - 55 = 455
Adding 55 to both sides of the equation:
6x = 455 + 55
Simplifying:
6x = 510
Dividing both sides by 6:
x = 510 / 6
Simplifying further, we find that:
x = 85
Therefore, the regular cost of each chair is $85.