The car holds 20 gallons of gas.
40%=8
20%=1/2 of 40%
4=1/2 of 8
so 40+40+20=100
8+8+4=20
100%=20 gallons
True, finally my minimum wage mechanic job comes in handy.
Answer:
20% of 10 is 2
10 + 2 = 12 ye got 2 dollars back.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the retail price
A 15% discount means a discounted price of
x - 0.15 x = 0.85 x
6.25% applied to that means paying
1.0625 (0.85 x)
Answer: C
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
Let that number be
. We can build an equation, and solve for
.
less than half of
is
.
more than
is
.
We are given that the two quantities are equal, so we have that
.
Adding
to both sides gives
.
Multiplying both sides by
gives
.
Subtracting
from both sides gives
.
Multiplying both sides by
gives
.
So, the number is
and we're done!
The check is left as an exercise to the reader.