The basement of a large department store features discounted merchandise. Their policy is to reduce the previous month's price of the item by 11% each month for 4 months, and then give the unsold items to charity.

Let be the sale price for the fourth month and the original price. Express as a function of

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The basement of a large department store features discounted merchandise. Their policy is to reduce the previous month's price of the item by 11% each month for 4 months, and then give the unsold items to charity.

Let   be the sale price for the fourth month and   the original price. Express   as a function of

anonymous · Answer

Edit your last sentence, you are missing your Let statement and your function.

anonymous · Answer

Let S4   be the sale price for the fourth month and  P the original price. Express  S4 as a function of  P

anonymous · Answer

Well, after one month, the sale price is decreased by 11%, which leaves 89% of the price intact. After the second month, the same thing happens. So the fourth month will have (.89) to the 4th times the original price)

P = Original Price
$$\S _{4} = (.89)^{4} \times P $$

anonymous · Answer

By what total percentage has the garment now been reduced from its original price?

anonymous · Answer

I just gave you the answer my man. It is (.89) ^ 4.

That is a number that is put in front of P. That will be a decimal that equals your percentage.

(For a different example : If it was .5x, it would be 50%)

anonymous · Answer

37.62

anonymous · Answer

try again

anonymous · Answer

what is (.89) ^ 4

anonymous · Answer

no thats the final answer, (.89)^2 is 6274 btw.