SOLUTION: I need to write an equation that provides the total cost c of buying x boxes in one year with a 20 percent discount ?

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Question 1001208: I need to write an equation that provides the total cost c of buying x boxes in one year with a 20 percent discount ?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you get a 20% discount, you are still paying 80% of the original price.
Call the original price, p.
Then your total cost, c, is
c = n(.8p)