Answer: 120
%
=
1.2
If Maxine is correct, then she spent
1.2
times the hours she did homework than last week.
15
⋅
1.2
=
18.0
=
18
15 hours
⋅
1.2
=
18.0 hours
=
18 hours
This means that Maxine is correct.
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Hmmmm is not very clear if the 25% is just 25% of the original price, or of the reduced price, but let's assume is of the reduced price.
say the original price is "x", 20% off that, means the sale price is 80% of the original price, or (80/100) * x, or 0.8x.
then Linz shows up on the last day, and she's got 25% off from that price plus a beanie baby and a free garden hose.
so if the price is reduced by 25%, then the sale price is just 75% of whatever it was, but it was already reduced to 0.8x, what is 75% of 0.8x?
(75/100) * 0.8x, or 0.75 * 0.8x, which is 0.6x, now 0.6 * 100 is 60 to change it to percentage format, or 60% overall percentage reduction from the original price.
No solution because the absolute value equals a negative number and it can only equal a positive number
8 - 7x - 3 = 19
5 - 7x = 19 |subtract 5 from both sides
-7x = 14 |divide both sides by (-7)
x = -2
