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Raj and Ryan went shopping for track shoes. The store was having a 25% off sale. Raj finds the discounted price of shoes whose original price was p by using the expression p – 0.25p. Ryan finds the discounted price by using the expression 0.75p. What do these expressions demonstrate about this situation?

A.You can find a 25% discount without knowing the original price.
B.You cannot find a 25% discount without first finding the amount of the discount.
C.Subtracting 25% of the original price from the original price is the same as finding 75% of the original price.
D.Subtracting 25% of the original price from the original price is the same as finding 75% of the discounted price.

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the answer is c

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The answer is c.

Becuase you can find the discounted price both ways
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