Kevin went shopping for a new video game because of a sale. The store was offering a 15% discount. If the price on the tag was p, which expression represents the price after the discount but before tax?0.985p0.85p15p0.15p
Q. Kevin went shopping for a new video game because of a sale. The store was offering a 15% discount. If the price on the tag was p, which expression represents the price after the discount but before tax?0.985p0.85p15p0.15p
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We need to find the expression that represents the price of the video game after a 15% discount is applied to the original price p.
Calculate discount amount: Calculate the discount amount.To find the discount amount, we multiply the original price by the discount percentage.Discount amount = p×15%=p×0.15
Calculate price after discount: Calculate the price after the discount.To find the price after the discount, we subtract the discount amount from the original price.Price after discount = p−(p×0.15)
Simplify the expression: Simplify the expression.We can distribute the subtraction across the terms involving p.Price after discount = p−0.15p=(1−0.15)p=0.85p
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