Arestaurant supplier receives a discount on each oven purchased. the original price of each oven is x dollars. the restaurant supplier purchases 9 ovens for a total of (9x - 180). by how much is each oven discounted?

Each oven is discounted by $20.

Step-by-step explanation:

Original price of oven in dollars  =

To find total cost for 9 such ovens without discount we will apply unitary method.

If 1 oven costs in dollars =

Then 9 ovens will cost in dollars =

The ovens are purchased by a restaurant supplier at some discounted price.

The new price after discount in dollars =

We see that the total cost of 9 ovens which was originally has been decreased to after discount.

The decrease amount is the discount amount on 9 ovens which is = $180

To find discount offered on each oven, we will again use unitary method.

Discount on 9 ovens = $180

∴ Discount on 1 oven =

∴ Each oven is discounted by $20.