0.03(3-0.5)
0.03(2.5)
0.075
A % is out of a hundred, so you don't need the %/100. Then, you wouldn't do cross multiplication, you would just divide 15/27. Remember, it would be 15/27 because it's percent markup, not the percent the price increased by. So, doing that simple calculation on a calculator you get 0.5555. This converted to a percent is just moving the decimal to the right twice, or multiplied by a 100. That would give you 55.55%, and that's your answer. Make sense?
Answer: 
Explanation:
Follow PEMDAS in reverse to undo what's happening to x.
We first add 1 to both sides, then divide both sides by 5 to fully isolate x.
Refer to the steps below to see what I mean.

The inequality sign stays the same the entire time. The only time it flips is when you divide both sides by a negative number.
The solution set for x is anything -3 or larger.
If x was an integer, then we could say the solution set is {-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...}
Answer:
b. -36/77
Step-by-step explanation:
As 0 < x <
/2 => tan x > 0
As 0< y <
/2 => tan y > 0
We have the formula:
As tan x = 1/(cotx) => 
As tan x > 0 => tan x = 8/15
As tan y > 0 => tan y = 4/3
As tan (x-y)=