{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by $20\\%$on every pair of shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a $7.5\\%$ sales tax on the discounted price. He had $43$ dollars. What is the original (before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could afford to buy?\n\n$\\textbf{(A) }46\\qquad\\textbf{(B) }50\\qquad\\textbf{(C) }48\\qquad\\textbf{(D) }47\\qquad\\textbf{(E) }49$\n___\nFull credit goes to [MAA](https://maa.org/) for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the [AOPS](https://artofproblemsolving.com/) website.", "description_html": "<p>Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by  <span class=\"katex--inline\">20\\%</span> on every pair of shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a  <span class=\"katex--inline\">7.5\\%</span>  sales tax on the discounted price. He had  <span class=\"katex--inline\">43</span>  dollars. What is the original (before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could afford to buy?</p>&#10;<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A) }46\\qquad\\textbf{(B) }50\\qquad\\textbf{(C) }48\\qquad\\textbf{(D) }47\\qquad\\textbf{(E) }49</span> </p>&#10;<hr><p>Full credit goes to <a href=\"https://maa.org/\">MAA</a> for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the <a href=\"https://artofproblemsolving.com/\">AOPS</a> website.</p>", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 2, "problem_name": "2023 AMC 12B Problem 2", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/23_amc12B_p03", "prev": "/problem/23_amc12B_p01"}}