Assuming that the DVD player loses 60% of its value every year it is in a video store suppose the initial value of the DVD player was $80 what multiplier would you use to calculate the DVD players new valued

The multiplier you would use to find the new value would be 0.4.

The reason for this is that 100%-60% = 40%. This is the part of the value it will keep. 40% is the same as 0.4.

This decimal represents the part of the original price that is it still worth.

The multiplier is 0.4 because that it what you would multiply $80 by to find the new value.