Question

The regular price of an item at a store is p dollars.The item is on sale for 20% off the regular price.Some of the expressions shown below represent the sale price,i in dollars,of the item

Answer 1

Answer: The required expression would be $0.8p$.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Let the regular price of an item be 'p' dollars.

Discount % = 20%

So, Amount of discount would be

$\dfrac{20}{100}\times p\\\\=0.2p$

So, the expression represents the sale price would be

$p-0.2p\\\\=0.8p$

Hence, the required expression would be $0.8p$.