A video store is offering 20% off all outdated videos. Let s be the original price of the purchase. Use the expression s-0.2s for the new price of the purchase. Write an equivalent expression by combining like terms.

The equivalent expression is:

new price = s*0.8

Step-by-step explanation:

When the original price of something is A, and we have X% off, the new price if that object will be:

New price = A - (X%/100%)*A

Like in this case, the original price is s, and the discount is 20%

Then the new price can be written as:

new price = s - (20%/100%)*s = s - 0.2*s = s*(1 - 0.2) = s*0.8

This is the equivalent expression we wanted to get.

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.

a is the correct