Rebecca bought x pairs of socks and receive a 20% discount. each pair of socks cost $4.99.her total cost without tax $55.08, which included an 8% tax. what was the price of each meal, not including tax?

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents

hi! i think the answer is 1/2 : )

part a: 1.08

part b: 27.59