Answer:
   $1600
Step-by-step explanation:
The $800 that the customer paid is 50% of the retail price, so the retail price is twice that amount:
   $800/0.50 = $1600
The selling price of the mattress before the discount was $1600.
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Additional comment
The wholesale price was $1600/2.25 = $711.11
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer: 193.3125
Step-by-step explanation:
It deleted my entire explanation um- 
Anyways, calculate the area of the rectangle, length x width (7 * 15) and the semicircle (i did pi times radius squared and halved it to get the semicircle)
Basically, 105 plus the semicircle is 193.
 
        
             
        
        
        
First let's define variables:
 r: reading
 s: skimming
 We write the system of equations that adapts to the problem:
 r + s = 275
 (15/10) r + (10/15) s = 355
 We solve the system of equations:
 r = 206
 s = 69
 Note: see attached image for system solution.
 Answer: 
 Jayden had to skim 69 pages through
 
        
        
        
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Algebraic expressions tend to have atleast one unknown variable in it. In order to solve the expression we need to assign a fixed value to that variable or isolate it if the expression is equal to another value. For example, in the following expression we have the variable x, if we give it a value of 5 we simply solve like a regular expression...
5x + 3
5(5) + 3
25 + 3
28
Therefore, if we swap the variable x for the value of 5 we would get a value of 28 in this algebraic expression.