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Christian is planning a vacation and finds an airplane ticket that cost 180$. He found a promo code offering 17% off. Write a single algebraic expression that can be used to find the cost of Christian’s ticket after the discount.

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Answer:

83/100 x 180

Explanation:

We have to find the cost of the ticket after the discount.

100% - 17%= 83%

83% of the total percentage of the original price that he needs to pay.

So we do:

83/100 x 180

So, this would be the expression.

Hope this helps!:)

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