Question

A retail store offers all television sets at 80%, or , of their original price if the customer buys a store membership for $100. If p is the price of a television set, which expression represents the amount that a new customer will have to pay to get the discount? How much will a $1,500 television cost (including the membership fee) if the customer gets the discounted price?

Answer 1

Let X = be the amount the amount that new customer will have to pay X = 0.8P + 100 Given that the television is $1500, the discounted price is $1200. But the customer will have to pay the membership of $100. Therefore the total amount is $1300.