While shopping at her favorite clothing store Aida spots a pair of shoes she loves. Aida notices that the shoes are on sale for 30% off. The cashier tells her the subtotal without tax is $56. What was the original price?

B) greg: 30 points , tremaine 38 points

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.

How many desks and whats the price?