Your computer store is having an incredible sale. The priceon one model is reduced by

Chapter 0, Problem 115

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Your computer store is having an incredible sale. The priceon one model is reduced by 40%. Then the sale price isreduced by another 40%. If x is the computers originalprice, the sale price can be modeled by(x - 0.4x) - 0.4(x - 0.4x).a. Factor out (x - 0.4x) from each term. Then simplify theresulting expression.b. Use the simplified expression from part (a) to answerthese questions. With a 40% reduction followed bya 40% reduction, is the computer selling at 20% of itsoriginal price? If not, at what percentage of the originalprice is it selling?

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