The cost of making a shirt is half of what the shirt normally sells for. Today, the shirt is in a 15 percent discount from its normal price. What is the current price of the shirt?

.85 times the cost to make the shirt

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent cost to make the shirt.

Today, the shirt is in a 15 percent discount from its normal price.

Discount = 15/100 * x = 0.15x

Current cost = Original cost - discount

Current cost = x - 0.15x = 0.85x

The answer is;

.85 times the cost to make the shirt

-7

step-by-step explanation:

x^2 + 18x + 74 = (x + 9)^2 - 81 + 74

= (x + 9)^2 - 7.

so q = -7.