Question

A store is having a 25% off sale. An item has a price of p. Which expressions can be used to find the sales price of the item ? Check all that apply

Answer 1

p - 0.25p and 0.75p and (1 - 0.25)p

Answer 2

A.
`p-0.25p`

E.
`(1-0.25)p`

H.
`0.75p`.

Explanation:

We have been given that a store is having a 25% off sale. An item has a price of p.

The price of item would be p minus 25% of p because 25% off means we have to pay 25% less than the original price. We can represent this information in an equation as:

`p-(25)/(100)* p`

`p-0.25p`

Upon factoring our p from our expression we will get,

`p(1-0.25)`

Let us simplify our expression by subtracting 0.25 from 1 as:

`0.75p`

Upon looking at our given choices, we can see that options A, E and H are correct choice.