Question

A consumer purchased a computer after a 30% price reduction. If represents the computer's original price, the reduced price can be represented by

If x represents the computer's original price, the reduced price can be represented by

Answer 1

We want to reduce x by 30%. Thus, the reduced price is:

x - 0.20x = 0.70x

More informally, if you take away 30%, you're left with 70%.

This question is similar to previous one so I used that answer launguage here also