a) We have that the discount is 65 %
Scott buys a jacket for $150
First, we will calculate the discount
then we need to subtract the quantity calculated above from the original price
After the markdown Scott paid $52.5
b.
In order to know the taxes first, we need to calculate the 5% of $52.5
then we will sum the 5% plus the price after the markdown
The total cost of the jacket is $55.125
<u><em>Answer:</em></u>
a. He will have to read half an article per night
b. Fraction of the reading assignment read each night =
<u><em>Explanation:</em></u>
<u>Part a:</u>
<u>We are given that:</u>
number of articles to read = 4 articles
number of nights = 8 nights
To get the number of articles that he should read per night, we will simply divide the the number of articles by the number of nights
<u>Therefore:</u>
number of articles to read per night = articles per night
<u>Part b:</u>
Now, we know that he will read half an article each night from a total of 4 articles
To get the fraction of the reading assignment read each night, we will divide the number of articles read each night by the total number of assignments
<u>Therefore:</u>
Fraction of the reading assignment read each night =
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