Midland Electronics is advertising that everything in their store is 10% off. If p represents the original price of an item in their store, then the sale price of the item can be represented by the expression p - 0.1p.

A. Write an equivalent expression to represent the sale price of the item.

B. Using complete sentences, describe how the sale price can be found in two different ways.

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20 February, 03:24

Midland Electronics is advertising that everything in their store is 10% off. If p represents the original price of an item in their store, then the sale price of the item can be represented by the expression p - 0.1p.

A. Write an equivalent expression to represent the sale price of the item.

B. Using complete sentences, describe how the sale price can be found in two different ways.

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Tobias Schwartz · Answer 1

A. The sale price of the item is

(1 - 0.9) p

or

0.9 p

B. The sales price can be found by

1. Multiplying the original price with the discount and subtracting the result from the original price or

2. Subtracting the discount from 1 and multiplying the result to the original price