Question

During a sale, a store advertised that every item in the store was 35 percent off the marked price. During this sale, what was the cost, in dollars, of an item that was marked x dollars?

A.) 0.35x
B.) 1 – 0.35x
C.) x – 0.35
D.) x – 0.35x

Answer 1

To find the cost of an item with a 35 percent discount, multiply the marked price by 0.65.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the cost of an item that was marked x dollars with a 35 percent discount, we can multiply x by 0.65. This is because a 35 percent discount is the same as paying 65 percent of the original price. So the cost of the item would be x multiplied by 0.65, or 0.65x dollars.