A game is regularly priced at 22. For a sale, the price was reduced by 40%.
(a) Let x be the reduction in price (in dollars). Using the values below, create a proportion that can be used to find x.
Values:
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(b) Use the proportion from part (a) to find the reduction in price. Do not round any computations.
(c) What was the price of the game during the sale? Do not round any computations.
(a) The regular price of the game is $22. The price reduction is 40% of the regular price, so the reduction in price (x) can be represented as 40% * $22.
(b) Using the proportion: (40/100) = x/22, we can solve for x.
x = (40/100) * 22 = $8.80
(c) The price of the game during the sale is the regular price minus the reduction in price: $22 - $8.80 = $13.20.
A) fraction???
Apologies for the confusion. To represent a fraction, we can write the proportion as:
(40/100) = x/22
This means that 40% (or 40/100) of the regular price of $22 is equal to x (the reduction in price).