Your local electronics store is having an end-of-the-year sale.The price on a plasma

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Your local electronics store is having an end-of-the-year sale.The price on a plasma television had been reduced by 30%.Now the sale price is reduced by another 30%. If x is thetelevisions original price, the sale price can be modeled by(x - 0.3x) - 0.3(x - 0.3x).a. Factor out (x - 0.3x) from each term. Then simplify theresulting expression.b. Use the simplified expression from part (a) to answerthese questions. With a 30% reduction followed by a 30%reduction, is the television selling at 40% of its originalprice? If not, at what percentage of the original price is itselling?

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