Question

Steve purchased a set of golf clubs for his son from Super Golf. The sale price of the set of golf clubs is represented by the expression below.
x - 0.45x

Which statement best describes 0.45x?

Answer 1

answer choices (please post these next time)

A.
It is the amount of the discount.

B.
It is the price per golf club in the set.

C.
It is the amount of the tax.

D.
It is the cost of the set of golf clubs.

Answer 2

let's let x = the original price.

if we subtract 0.45x from x, we're taking away 45% of the value of x. with that in mind, what do you think 0.45x represents?