Answer:
original price of skateboard = $54
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the original price of the skateboard be x
selling price = one third off the original price = $36
x - (1/3x) = 36


∴ x = 54
Answer:
141.78 m
Step-by-step explanation:
Let d = distance of boat from the base of the lighthouse
Tan 10 = 25/d
d tan 10 = 25
d = 25/tan 10
d = 141.78 m
Fern's estimate is not correct because he rounded 548 wrong, it would be rounded to 550 instead since the number 8 is closer to 10. So the correct answer would be 420.