Question

The expression 12,585 ( 1 - x ) gives the discounted price of a car where Alex is the percent of the discount written in decimal form. What does the 12,585 represent in the expression?

Answer 1

12,585 represents the price before the discount

Answer 2

Answer: 12,585 represents the price of car without discount .

Explanation:

Given expression:which gives the discounted price of a car where 'x' is the percent of the discount written in decimal form.

Let
`d=12,585(1-x)` , where d is the discounted price of a car

When we substitute x=0[ it means there is no discount], we get

`d=12,585(1-0)\\\Rightarrow\ d=12,585`

Hence, 12,585 represents the price of car without discount .