In some states, you pay a sales tax on items you purchase. A sales tax is a percent of what a customer pays for an item that costs c dollars. The expression 0.07(c – 0.05c) represents the amount of sales tax in a certain state that would be collected on an item that has been discounted by a certain percent. The expression has two factors.

What does the factor c – 0.05c represent?
the regular cost of the item

the discounted cost of the item

the discount percent

the amount of the discount

Question

In some states, you pay a sales tax on items you purchase. A sales tax is a percent of what a customer pays for an item that costs c dollars. The expression 0.07(c – 0.05c) represents the amount of sales tax in a certain state that would be collected on an item that has been discounted by a certain percent. The expression has two factors.

 What does the factor c – 0.05c represent? 
the regular cost of the item

        the discounted cost of the item

        the discount percent

        the amount of the discount