Question

A video store is offering 20% off all outdated videos. Let s be the original price of the purchase. Use the expression s-0.2s for the new price of the purchase. Write an equivalent expression by combining like terms.

Answer 1

new price = s*0.8

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: The equivalent expression is:

new price = s*0.8

Explanation:

When the original price of something is A, and we have X% off, the new price if that object will be:

New price = A - (X%/100%)*A

Like in this case, the original price is s, and the discount is 20%

Then the new price can be written as:

new price = s - (20%/100%)*s = s - 0.2*s = s*(1 - 0.2) = s*0.8

This is the equivalent expression we wanted to get.