The answer is A) left 3, up 2
It seems most likely that ...
... Samantha will save $37.50 because she must first find the 25% sale price before taking the extra 50% reduction
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In the real world, it seems probable that Samantha will be offered the choice of using the coupon <em>or</em> the sale discount. If she chooses tht 50% coupon, her savings will be $30. If she chooses the marked sale discount, her savings will be $15.
The scenario above assumes she gets 50% off the sale price of $45, so saves $15+22.50 = $37.50 off the original price.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
the expression we have is:

To find an equivalent expression, it would be helpful to express 1/3 so that it has a 12 in the denominator:

so we substitute this:

and now we have 1/12 in both terms :

so we can factor it (we take it out of each term: in the first we are left with -x and in the second with -4):
the equivalent expression is: