Question

The expression 53 ( 1 − x) gives the discounted price of a pair of shoes, where x is the percent of the discount written in decimal form.
What does 1 − x represent in the expression?

A. percent of original price being paid

B. discount price of the shoe

C. percent of discount

D. original price of shoe

Answer 1

Answer: Option "A" is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

53(1-x) represents the discounted price of a pair of shoes , where x is the percent of the discount written in decimal form.

So,

(1-x) represents the percent of original price being paid as we know that if percentage is given in decimal form then to get the percent of  original price being paid  we subtract it from 1.

For example:

Suppose 20% is the percent of discount on market price then the selling price will be 80% of marked price.

In the above example, we subtract it from 100% to get the remaining price  he is receiving at.

If we have 0.2 as discount then the selling price will be 0.8 of marked price i.e. we get 0.8 which tells us the original price is being paid.

Answer 2

The answer is A (percent of original price being paid)
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