Question

A store is having a 20% off sale.The sale price of an item with price p is p-0.2p.what is an equivalent expression

Answer 1

0.8p

Explanation:

Hello!

As the questions states, 20% of p is 0.2p.

Simplifying the equation:

• p - 0.2p
• 0.8p

0.8p is also 80% of p, which can be translated to 100% - 20% of p.

The equivalent expression is 0.8p.