Question

Write an algebraic expression to model the given context.Give your answer in simplest form. (please explain)A.) The original price p of an item less a 15% discount

Answer 1

The algebraic expression is (P-0.15p) = 0.85p

Explanation:

Here, we want to write an algebraic expression to model the situation at hand;

Original price p of an item less a 15% discount

What this mean is that we want to remove a 15% discount from the original price P

That term ‘less’ means we are subtracting

so 15% of p would be;

15/100 * p = 15p/100 = 0.15p

So 15% of P less P is (P-0.15P) = 0.85P