document.write( "Question 309004: an iteam is originally priced at D dollars will be discounted at 35%. write an expression to represent the new price. i thought that you would take D/.35 but that is not right. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #220930 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Say the item is $100, if you divide by 0.35, you then get $\"100%2F0.35=285.714286\"$ which is clearly NOT a discount (unless you like paying more for something that should be less)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Instead, when that same $100 item is discounted by 35%, this basically means that you are subtracting 35% of that item's price from the price of the item. Recall that 35% is 0.35 in decimal form. So if a item is originally $100, then a 35% discount reduces the price to $\"100-100%2A0.35=100-35=65\"$ dollars.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In general, an item at D dollars discounts to $\"D-0.35D=0.65D\"$ . Take note that if $\"D=100\"$ , then $\"0.65D=0.65%28100%29=65\"$ which is what we originally got.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the new price after the 35% discount is $\"0.65D\"$ dollars. \n" ); document.write( "

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