Question

Today everything at a store is on sale the store offers a 20% discount the regular price of the t shirt is 10 dollars what price is the discount if the regular price of an item is x dollars what is the equation

Answer 1

`P= x-0.2x`

Explanation:

Step one:

given

Everything at a store is on sale the store offers a 20% discount

The regular price of the t-shirt is $10

Required

The price of an item that cost $x

Step two:

the cost of the discount will be

= 20/100*x

= 0.2x

let the new price be P

`P= x-0.2x`