Pierce Publishing sells encyclopedias under two payment plans: cash or installment. Under the installment plan, the customer pays $23/month over 2 yr with interest charged on the balance at a rate of 15%/year compounded monthly. Find the cash price for a set of encyclopedias if it is equivalent to the price paid by a customer using the installment plan. Please round the answer to the nearest cent.

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Pierce Publishing sells encyclopedias under two payment plans: cash or installment. Under the installment plan, the customer pays $23/month over 2 yr with interest charged on the balance at a rate of 15%/year compounded monthly. Find the cash price for a set of encyclopedias if it is equivalent to the price paid by a customer using the installment plan. Please round the answer to the nearest cent.
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