Question

1. Francis bought a new dress that was discounted by 23%. She used the following expression to find the price of the dress after the discount was applied. d - (0.23)d Which of the following is another expression that could be used to get the same results? 77d d - 0.23 0.77d d - 23

Answer 1

$d-.23d=d(1-.23)=.77d$.  As a result, $0.77d$ is an expression that provides the same results.