Question

For sale, a store decreases its price on all items by 25%. An item that cost $120 before sale now costs $120 - 0.25($120). Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression for the items cost now.

Answer 1

Answer:

see the explanation

Step-by-step explanation:

we have

$120-0.25(120)$

Applying the distributive property

$120-0.25(120)=120[1-0.25]$

$=120[0.75]$ ----> equivalent expression

Let

x ----> the cost before sale for the items

A general expression for the items cost now is

$x[0.75]$