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A cell phone company is giving a 20% discount on all accessories. Which expressions can be used to find the sale price of an item with an original price of x dollars?

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Answer:

Explanation:

0.8x

User Getaway
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Answer:

One possible answer could be 0.8x.

Explanation:

Think of it this way, if a store took 20% off a price, how much would be left?

Well, that's fairly easy to solve.

100% - 20% = 80%

(100%) - (discount %) = amount you need in a equation.

Now that you have 80%, convert it to a decimal.

80% ---> 0.8

Considering that x, would be the normal store price, how can you use 0.8 in the equation?

Well, simple, just multiply x by 0.8.

x * 0.8 = the discount

All there's left to do is to simplify it some more.

x * 0.8 ---> 0.8x

That's All!

***Please note:

Because you listed it as which expressions could be the answer and did not list the choices, I only provided a sample answer. If you can provide more details, I'll be glad to help.

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