Which would result in a lower price to first discount an item by 10% and then by a further 15%, OR to first discount an item by 15% and then by a further 10%. Justify your reasoning.

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Answer 1

Answer:

Neither one. They will both result in the same price.

Step-by-step explanation:

To discount an item 10%, you charge 90% of the price of the item. To find 90% of a price, you multiply the price by 0.9.

To discount an item 15%, you charge 85% of the price of the item. To find 85% of a price, you multiply the price by 0.85.

Since multiplication is commutative, multiplying a number by 0.9 and then by 0.85 is the same as multiplying the number by 0.85 first and then by 0.9.

Let's say the item costs x.

Take off the 10% discount first: 0.9x

Now take off the 15% discount: 0.85 * (0.9x)

Now do it the other way.

Take off the 15% discount first: 0.85x

Now take off the 10% discount: 0.9 * (0.85x)

Since 0.85 * 0.9 * x = 0.9 * 0.85 * x, the results are the same.

Answer: neither


Related Questions

what is the difference between dot product and cross product?

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Answer:

A dot product is the product of the magnitude of the vectors and the cos of the angle between them. A cross product is the product of the magnitude of the vectors and the sine of the angle that they subtend on each other.

Step-by-step explanation:

J. Aitchison collected expenditures data for 20 randomly selected single men and 20 randomly selected single women. He uses the data to conduct a hypothesis test to determine if the mean percent of expenditures that goes toward housing (including fuel and light) is different for men and women. What is the correct alternative hypothesis?
a. Md = 0
b. μα = 0
c. ud > 0
d. Opmen — Вwomen
e. Himen > Mwomen
f. Mmen Mwomen

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Answer:

The alternative hypothesis is [tex]H_1: \mu_M - \mu_W \neq 0[/tex], considering M for men and W for women.

Step-by-step explanation:

He uses the data to conduct a hypothesis test to determine if the mean percent of expenditures that goes toward housing (including fuel and light) is different for men and women.

At the null hypothesis, we test if there is not difference, that is, the difference of the mean is 0, so:

[tex]H_0: \mu_M - \mu_W = 0[/tex]

At the alternative hypothesis, we test if there is a difference, that is, the difference of the means is different of 0, so:

[tex]H_1: \mu_M - \mu_W \neq 0[/tex]

Claire went to the animal shelter and noticed that 6/8 of the animals were rabbits. Out of all the rabbits 4/6 were female. What fraction of the animals were female rabbits?
SHOW ALL WORK

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Answer:

1/2 or 0.5

Step-by-step explanation:

6/8 x 4/6 = 24/48

Answer:

1/2

Step-by-step explanation:

Frans paid R9600 as interest on a loan he took 5 years ago at 16% rate. What's was the amount he took as loan?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Interest (I)=R9600

Rate(R)=16%

Time (T)=5years

Principal (P)=?

P=100×I÷R×T

P=100×R9600÷16×5

P=R960000÷80

P=R12, 000

Answer:

      The amount he took as loan = R12,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Simple Interest

Let loan amount be = P

R = 16%

T = 5years

I = 9600

Find P

  [tex]I = \frac{PRT}{100}\\\\9600 = \frac{P \times 16 \times 5}{100}\\\\P = \frac{9600 \times 100}{16 \times 5} = 12,000[/tex]

(3x^3)^2 write without exponent

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Answer:

9*x*x*x*x*x*x.

Step-by-step explanation:

(3x^3)^2

= 3^2 * x^(3*2)

= 3^2 * x^6

= 9*x*x*x*x*x*x

Midwest Publishing publishes textbooks. The company uses an 800 number where people can call to ask questions about the textbooks and place orders. Currently, there are 2 representatives handling inquiries. Calls occurring when both lines are in use get a busy signal. Each representative can handle 12 calls per hour. The arrival rate is 20 calls per hour.

Required:
a. How many extension lines should be used if the company wants to handle 90% of the calls immediately?
b. What is the probability that a call will receive a busy signal if your recommendation in part (a) is used?
c. What percentage of calls receive a busy signal for the current telephone system with two extension lines?

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Answer:

A. 18 calls

B. 0.9

C. 20

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of representatives=2,

Number of extension lines=2,

Average calls each representative can accommodate per hour = 15 calls,

Arrival rate per hour = 30 calls

(a) 90% of the arrival rate = 0.09 × 20 = 18 calls

To handle 18 calls immediately, 18 extension lines should be used

(b) Probability is given by number of possible outcomes ÷ number of total outcomes

Number of possible outcomes = 18, number of total outcomes = 20

Probability (call will receive busy signal) = 18/20 = 0.9

(c) For one extension line, numbers of calls to receive busy signal = 20 - 10 = 10 calls

Number of calls to receive busy signal for the current telephone system with two extension lines = 2 × 10 = 20 calls

is y=3x^2-x-1 a function

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Answer: Yes it is a function.

This is because any x input leads to exactly one y output.

The graph passes the vertical line test. It is impossible to draw a single vertical line through more than one point on the parabolic curve.

A bag has 180 balls. the ratio of red to blue to yellow balls is 8:5:7 how many red balls are there and how many blue balls are there

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Answer:

72 red

45 blue

63 yellow

Step-by-step explanation:

8+5+7= 20

180÷20= 9

red = 9*8

blue = 9*5

yellow = 9*7

If Joanne can paint a room in 3 hours and her sister Angela can paint the same room in 4 hours, how long (in h) would it take Joanne and Angela to paint the room working together? Round to the nearest tenth.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

If J can paint a room in 3 hours, in 1 hour she gets [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex] of the job done.

If A can paint a room in 4 hours, in 1 hour she gets [tex]\frac{1}{4}[/tex] of the job done. We need to find out how long it takes them if they paint together. The equation for this is:

[tex]\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{4}=\frac{1}{x}[/tex] where x is the number of hours it takes them to get the job done together. Multiply everything through by 12x to get

4x + 3x = 12 so

7x = 12 and

x = 1.7 hours to get the room painted together.

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How many solutions does this linear system have?
y=-6x+2.
-12x - 2y = -4
O one solution: (0,0)
one solution: (1, -4)
O no solution
O infinite number of solutions
Answer is C

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Answer:

Answer: B

Step-by-step explanation:

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f(x) = (x + 1)^2
Determine for each x-value whether it is in the domain of f
or not.

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Answer:

All of them are in the domain.

Step-by-step explanation:

The function is f(x)= (x+1)^2. If you simplify this, you get y=x^2+2x+1=0. This is a quadratic that opens upwards. There are no gaps in the x values and no impossible values. The domain is all real numbers and all the answer choices are real numbers.

-6×-5y=6
4x+y=3
What's answer to this equation

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9514 1404 393

Answer:

  (x, y) = (3/2, -3)

Step-by-step explanation:

Using the second equation, we can write an expression for y:

  y = 3 -4x

Using this in the first equation, we have ...

  -6x -5(3 -4x) = 6

  -6x -15 +20x = 6 . . . . eliminate parentheses

  14x = 21

  x = 21/14 = 1.5

  y = 3 -4(1.5) = 3 -6 = -3

The solution is (x, y) = (1.5, -3).

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UNIT CHECKPOINT:
Probability Distributions
Calculator
Suppose a normal distribution has a mean of 18 and a standard deviation of 4.
A value of 24 is how many standard deviations away from the mean?
-3
-1.5
1.5

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24 = 18 + 6 = 18 + 1.5*4

so 24 is +1.5 standard deviations away from the mean.

Answer:

The above answer is definitely correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

Suppose that two teams play a series of games that end when one of them has won i games. Suppose that each game played is, independently, won by team A with probability p. Find the expected number of games that are played when i = 2. Also show that this number is maximized when p= 21.

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Answer:

a) E(x) = -2p^2 + 2p + 2

b) Number is maximized when p = 1/2

Step-by-step explanation:

Determine the Expected number of games  when ( i ) = 2

The number of possible combinations that both teams win two games :

AA, BB, ABB, ABA, BAA, BAB  = 6 combinations

P( team A winning ) = p

P( team B wins ) = 1 - p

Attached below is the detailed solution on the expected number of games

expected number of games ; E(x) = -2p^2 + 2p + 2

ii) Number is maximized when p = 1/2

In this exercise we will use the knowledge of probability and combination, so we have what will be:

a)[tex]E(x) = -2p^2 + 2p + 2[/tex]

b)[tex]p = 1/2[/tex]

Organizing the information given in the statement as:

Expected number of games  when ( i ) = 2

A)The number of possible combinations that both teams win two games :

[tex]AA, BB, ABB, ABA, BAA, BAB = 6 \ combinations\\P( team\ A \ winning ) = p\\P( team \ B \ wins ) = 1 - p\\E(x) = -2p^2 + 2p + 2[/tex]

B) To calculate the maximum number we must solve the quadratic equation, like this:

[tex]p=1/2[/tex]

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The product of 2 consecutive even integers is 16 less than 8 times their sum

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Answer:

there are two solutions:

x=0

and

x=14

Step-by-step explanation:

lts suppose the numbers are x and x+2, so:

[tex]x(x+2)=8(x+(x+2))-16\\x(x+2)=8(2x+2)-16=16x+16-16=16x\\x^2+2x=16x\\x^2-14x=0\\x(x-14)=0\\x=0,~x=14[/tex]

Angle ABC has A(3-,6), and C(9,55 as it vertices.
What is the length of side AB in units?

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Answer:

7.07 units

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]A = (-3,6)[/tex]

[tex]B = (2,1)[/tex]

[tex]C = (9,5)[/tex]

See comment for complete question

Required

Side length AB

To do this, we make use of the following distance formula;

[tex]d = \sqrt{(x_1 - x_2)^2 + (y_1 - y_2)^2}[/tex]

So, we have:

[tex]d = \sqrt{(-3 - 2)^2 + (6 - 1)^2}[/tex]

[tex]d = \sqrt{(-5)^2 + 5^2}[/tex]

[tex]d = \sqrt{25 + 25}[/tex]

[tex]d = \sqrt{50}[/tex]

[tex]d = 7.07[/tex]

You work as an office assistant who does data entry for a large survey company. Data entry is performed in two-person teams: one person types and the other checks that person's work for errors. Each two-person team, on average, can enter the data of 520 surveys per day. A huge collection of 7,540 surveys will arrive tomorrow and must be entered by the end of the day. In order to enter all of the survey data, how many total employees, working in two-person teams, must work tomorrow?

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Answer:

you just gave your self the answer because you just need to multiply

Step-by-step explanation:

15080 is the answer

Marina spent $13.50 at the grocery store. She bought pears, kiwis, and pineapples. Pears cost $0.50 each, pineapples cost $1.50 each, and kiwis are $0.30 each.How many of each kind did she buy if she bought 9 more pears than pineapples and 2 fewer kiwis than pears? Branliest if correct.

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Answer:

Number of pineapples = 10

Number of pears = 10 + 9 = 19

Number of kiwis = 10 - 2 = 8

Step-by-step explanation:

Money = $ 13.5

Cost of a pear = $ 0.5

Cost of a pineapple = $ 1.5

Cost of a kiwi = $ 0.3

let the number of pineapple = p  

Number of pears = p + 9

Number of kiwis = p - 2

Cost is

0.5 (p + 9) + 0.15 p + 0.3 (p - 2) = 13.5

0.5 p + 4.5 + 0.15 p + 0.3 p - 0.6 = 13.5  

0.95 p = 9.6

p = 10

So, number of pineapples = 10

Number of pears = 10 + 9 = 19

Number of kiwis = 10 - 2 = 8  

Answer:

3 pineapples  12 pears  10 kiwis

IF A=[2,4] and B=[0,3] then BUA=?​

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Answer:

it equal:

answer is : [0234]

f(x)=2x1 + 16x2 + 7x3 + 4x4 -> min

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Step-by-step explanation:

f(x)=(2x-1)square=0

it can be 0 or greater than 0

Hence,maximum value of (2x- 1)square=0

maximum value of (2x- 1square)+3=0+3=3

Which of the following is an even function?
g(x) = (x – 1)2 + 1
g(x) = 2x2 + 1
g(x) = 4x + 2
g(x) = 2x

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Answer:  Choice B

Consider that choice B is the same as saying 2x^2+1x^0.

The exponents 2 and 0 are both even, which is sufficient to say that the entire polynomial function itself is also even.

Something like choice A expands out and simplifies to x^2-2x+2, and that's equivalent to saying x^2+2x^1+2x^0. The presence of the x^1 term, with its odd exponent, is what makes choice A not even (it's not odd either).

Similarly, choices C and D also have exponents of 1, so they aren't even either.

Answer:

G(x)=2x2+1

Step-by-step explanation:

If f(x) = 3x^2 - x, find f(-2)

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Answer:

14

Step-by-step explanation:

Substitute x for -2

3(-2)^2 - (-2)

3(4) +2

12+2=14

Find a power series representation for the function. (Assume a>0. Give your power series representation centered at x=0 .)
f(x)=x2a7−x7

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

[tex]f_x = \dfrac{x^2}{a^7-x^7}[/tex]

[tex]= \dfrac{x^2}{a^7(1-\dfrac{x^7}{a^7})}[/tex]

[tex]= \dfrac{x^2}{a^7}\Big(1-\dfrac{x^7}{a^7} \Big)^{-1}[/tex]

since  [tex]\Big((1-x)^{-1}= 1+x+x^2+x^3+...=\sum \limits ^{\infty}_{n=0}x^n\Big)[/tex]

Then, it implies that:

[tex]\implies \dfrac{x^2}{a^7} \sum \limits ^{\infty}_{n=0} \Big(\Big(\dfrac{x}{a} \Big)^{^7} \Big)^n[/tex]

[tex]= \dfrac{x^2}{a^7} \sum \limits ^{\infty}_{n=0} \Big(\dfrac{x}{a} \Big)^{^{7n}}[/tex]

[tex]= \dfrac{x^2}{a^7} \sum \limits ^{\infty}_{n=0} \Big(\dfrac{x^{7n}}{a^{7n}} \Big)}[/tex]

[tex]\mathbf{= \sum \limits ^{\infty}_{n=0} \dfrac{x^{7n+2}}{a^{7n+7}} }}[/tex]

PLEASE HELP!!! I tried using different formulas, adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying you name it and I have yet to find the correct answer. How would I should this problem?

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Answer:

19.14

Step-by-step explanation:

You have a half circle and a square, look at them separate then add for the area.

Circle

Your radius is half the diameter, so 4/2

Radius  = 2

[tex]A = 3.14 * radius\\A = 3.14 * 2\\A = 6.28[/tex]

This is for the entire circle, half of that would be 3.14

Square

[tex]A = 4^{2} \\A = 16[/tex]

Add them both together for a total area of 19.14 square miles

the law which states that the ratio of the sine of an angle to the side opposite it is constant is the

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Answer:

The law which states that the ratio of the sine of an angle to the side opposite it is constant is the Law of Sines.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Law of Sines states that in any given triangle, the ratio of the length of any side to the sine of its opposite angle is the same for all three sides of the triangle and has a constant value.

The law which states that the ratio of the sine of an angle to the side opposite it is constant is the Law of sine.

Here,

We have to find, the law which states that the ratio of the sine of an angle to the side opposite it is constant.

What is Law of sine?

If A, B, and C are the measurements of the angles of an oblique triangle, and a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides opposite of the corresponding angles, then the ratios of the a side's length to the sine of the angle opposite the side must all be the same.

Now,

The law which states that the ratio of the sine of an angle to the side opposite it is constant is known as Law of sine.

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The explicit rule for a sequence and one of the specific terms is given. Find the position of the given term.

f(n) = 3.75n − 27.5; 25


Step 1 out of 2:
You know that the value of f(n) is 25. Substitute 25 for f(n) in f(n) = 3.75n − 27.5.
25 = 3.75n − 27.5
= 3.75n

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Answer:

14

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :

f(n) = 3.75n − 27.5

f(n) = 25

Put f(n) = 25 in the equation :

25 = 3.75n - 27.5

25 + 27.5 = 3.75n

52.5 = 3.75n

52.5 / 3 75 = n

14 = n

The position of the term is 14

Need help on last question

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

so let the equation equal 13

13 = 3[tex]x^{3}[/tex]-12x+13

so when ever 3[tex]x^{3}[/tex]-12x=0  then this is equation is true, soooo

x (3[tex]x^{2}[/tex] - 12) =0

so when x = 0  this is true, but also when

3[tex]x^{2}[/tex]-12=0   also

3[tex]x^{2}[/tex] = 12

[tex]x^{2}[/tex] = 4

x = 2

so when x = 2  or -2  or 0  ,  then this is true

Find the image of the given point
under the given translation.
P(4, -7)
T(x, y) = (x+1, y + 3)
P' = ([?], []).

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Answer:

P' (5, -4)

Step-by-step explanation:

P (4, -7)

x = 4 & Y =-7

T(4,. -7) = (4 + 1, -7 +3)

P' = (5, -4)

Few drivers realize that steel is used to keep the road surface flat despite the weight of buses and trucks. Steel bars, deeply embedded in the concrete, are sinews to take the stresses so that the stresses cannot crack the slab or make it wavy. The passage best supports the statement that a concrete road​

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Answer: Is reinforced with other material

Step-by-step explanation:

The options are:

A is expensive to build.

B usually cracks under heavy weights.

C looks like any other road.

D is reinforced with other material.

The passage best supports the statement that a concrete road are reinforced with other material. According to the information given in the passage, steel plays a vital role in keeping the road surface flat.

Steel bars are embedded in concrete so that the stresses cannot crack the slab. Therefore, it indicates that concrete road is reinforced with other material.

Name the following polynomial based on its degree and number of terms x to the power of 2 plus 6x - 4

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Answer:

x²+6x-4 is answer maybe

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