4. The Best Elect electronics store is having a sale on November 8th on any new electronics purchased. Every customer will receive $50 off their purchase of a new electronic item. They are also offering a student discount on every item in the store for the whole month of November. If you can prove you are a student, you will receive 15% off any item. Let x be the price of any new electronic item in the store. a. Write a function P(x) that represents the price of a new electronic item on November 8th for any customer. b. Write a function D(x) that represents the price you will pay for an item after the student discount is applied during any day in November.

4. The Best Elect electronics store is having a sale on November 8th on any new electronics purchased. Every customer will receive $50 off their purchase of a new electronic item. They are also offering a student discount on every item in the store for the whole month of November. If you can prove you are a student, you will receive 15% off any item. Let x be the price of any new electronic item in the store. a. Write a function P(x) that represents the price of a new electronic item on November 8th for any customer. b. Write a function D(x) that represents the price you will pay for an item after the student discount is applied during any day in November.

Microeconomic Theory

12th Edition

ISBN:9781337517942

Author:NICHOLSON

Publisher:NICHOLSON

Chapter7: Uncertainty

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 7.7P

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