Chapter 1: Problem 70
PINTEREST EARNED You deposit \(\ 120\) in a savings account that pays an annual interest rate of \(2.5 \% .\) How much simple interest would you earn in 2 years? (Review 1.1 )
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You are shopping for school supplies. A store is offering a \(10 \%\) discount on binders and a \(20 \%\) discount on packages of paper. You want to buy 5 binders originally marked $$ 2.50\( each and 10 packages of paper originally marked $$ 1.30 each. a. Write an expression that shows how much you will save after the discounts. b. Evaluate the expression. c. Writing If you have $$ 25\) to spend on supplies, how much money will you have left over? Explain how you arrived at your answer.
EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES Match the verbal sentence with its mathematical representation. The product of 16 and \(x\) is less than 32
EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES Match the verbal sentence with its mathematical representation. The quoticnt of \(x\) and 16 is greater than 32.
Writing You decide to buy two rings from an outdoor vendor. One ring costs $$ 10.89 .\( The other ring costs $$ 12.48 . The sales tax is \)8 \% .\( The vendor uses a calculator to obtain the price including sales tax for both rings and gets $$ 24.37 .\) What mistake did the vendor make?
You are playing a new computer game. For every eight screens you complete, you receive a bonus. You want to know how many bonuses you will receive after completing 96 screens. You write the equation \(8 x=96\) to model the situation. What do \(8, x,\) and 96 represent? Solve the equation. Check your solution.
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