A clearance rack has items for 75%
off. Harriet uses the expression p−0.75p
to find the new price of an item that originally cost p
dollars.
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CLEAR CHECK
The expression p – 0.75p
can be simplified to
p
.
This means Harriet can find the new price of an item by finding
%
of the original price.
The expression p – 0.75p
can be simplified to 0.25p.
This means Harriet can find the new price of an item by finding 25% of the original price.
CLEAR CHECK
The expression p – 0.75p can be simplified to 0.25p.
This means Harriet can find the new price of an item by finding 25% of the original price.
CLEAR CHECK:
The expression p – 0.75p can be simplified to 0.25p.
This means Harriet can find the new price of an item by finding 25% of the original price.
Explanation:
To simplify the expression p - 0.75p, we can combine like terms. The term p can be thought of as 1p, so we have:
p - 0.75p = 1p - 0.75p
Subtracting 0.75p from 1p gives us 0.25p:
1p - 0.75p = 0.25p
Therefore, the expression p - 0.75p simplifies to 0.25p.
Since the expression is now in the form of a percentage (0.25p), we can interpret it as 25% of the original price (p). This means that the new price of an item can be found by multiplying 25% (0.25) by the original price (p).