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?

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?

Mercury · Answer

choices:

A. percent of original price being paid

B. discount price of the shoe

C. percent of discount

D. original price of shoe

Mercury · Answer

thoughts?

recall that 100%, or 1, represents the whole of a quantity

since x represents a percent, then 1 - x must also be a percentage (narrowing us down to A+C)

if we start with 100% and subtract the discount of x percent, what does the final percentage 1 - x represent?