The sale price of an item is 0.75 the original price of the item, x. which statement explains why both 3/4x and 0.75x can find the sale price of the item? multiplying by 3/4 is the same as multiplying by 75%. the expressions are not equivalent. multiplying by 4/3 is the same as multiplying by 0.8. the fraction 3/4 is the same as the decimal 0.25. therefore, 3/4x can be written as 0.25x.