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Midland Electronics is advertising that everything in their store is 10% off. If p represents the original price of an item in their store, then the sale price of the item can be represented by the expression

p−0.1p.
A. Write an equivalent expression to represent the sale price of the item.

B. Using complete sentences, describe how the sale price can be found in two different ways.

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9 times because the sales price
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Answer:.9 times P will also get you the sale price

Step-by-step explanation:p - 0.1p = sale price

0.9 times p = sale price

The second equation is using the percentage you have to pay or 100 - 10 = 90%

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