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A television cost $180 at Best Buy. Fernando Pays only 0.6 of the price because his sister works there Alicia has a coupon for $20 off explain who will pay less for the television?

Answer 1

Eva Adamson

Fernando will pay $108 which is less than the $160 Alicia will pay.

Let's call what Fernando will pay #F#. We can write the equation for what Fernando will pay as:

#F = 0.6 xx $180#

#F = $108#

Let's call what Alicia will pay #A#. We can write and equation for what Alicia will pay as:

#A = $180 - $20#

#A = $160#

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Answer 2

Jameson Allen

Alicia will pay less for the television.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.