25. A music streaming service is having a sale. Regularly, songs cost $1.29 each and videos are $1.99, but today there is a 20% discount on both. If Raj wants to buys songs and v videos, which expression represents the amount of money he can save by making his purchase today rather than tomorrow? In the equation would you times the equation by 0.2 or 0.8

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To determine how much Raj can save by purchasing songs and videos on sale, we first need to find the regular prices and the discounted prices.

  1. Regular Prices:

    • Price of one song = $1.29
    • Price of one video = $1.99
  2. Discount:

    • There is a 20% discount on both songs and videos. This means Raj will save 20% of the regular price for each item he buys.
  3. Calculating Savings:

    • Savings per song:
      • \( 20% \) of \( 1.29 = 0.2 \times 1.29 \)
    • Savings per video:
      • \( 20% \) of \( 1.99 = 0.2 \times 1.99 \)
  4. Total Savings for \( s \) songs and \( v \) videos:

    • Total savings on songs: \( s \times (0.2 \times 1.29) = 0.2 \times 1.29s \)
    • Total savings on videos: \( v \times (0.2 \times 1.99) = 0.2 \times 1.99v \)
  5. Combined Savings Expression:

    • Total savings = \( 0.2 \times 1.29s + 0.2 \times 1.99v \)
    • Factoring out \( 0.2 \), we get: \[ \text{Total Savings} = 0.2 \times (1.29s + 1.99v) \]

So, the expression that represents the amount of money Raj can save is: \[ 0.2 \times (1.29s + 1.99v) \]

Conclusion: In the equation, you should multiply by 0.2 for the amount saved.