Raj and Ryan went shopping for track shoes. The store was having a 25% off sale. Raj finds the discounted price of shoes whose original price was p by using the expression p - 0.25p. Ryan finds the discounted price by using the expression0.7p. What do these expressions demonstrate about this situation?
A. You can find a 25% discount without knowing the original price.
B. You can't find a 25% discount without first finding the amount of the discount.
C. Subtracting 25% of the original price from the original price is the same as finding 75% of the original price.

Question

Raj and Ryan went shopping for track shoes. The store was having a 25% off sale. Raj finds the discounted price of shoes whose original price was p by using the expression p - 0.25p. Ryan finds the discounted price by using the expression0.7p. What do these expressions demonstrate about this situation?
A. You can find a 25% discount without knowing the original price.
B. You can't find a 25% discount without first finding the amount of the discount.
C. Subtracting 25% of the original price from  the original price is the same as finding 75% of the original price.

the_puppet1 · Answer

D. Subtracting 25% of the original price from the original price is the same as finding 75% of the discounted price.