Ronnie bought 6 ice cream cones for himself and his friends. seventeen cents tax was added to the price of each cone. the total cost was $14.58.

what was the price of a cone before tax?

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$2.26

Step-by-step explanation:

6 ice cream cones means the price is 6 time as much as on cone so divide by 6.

$14.58                       total

   /6                           number of cones

$2.43                        cost of a single cone

now, we remove the $0.17 tax

$2.43

-$ .17

$2.26

226 cent

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the price of a single cone

   6×(x+17) = 1458

⇔ x+17 = 1458/6 =1 458÷6 = 243

⇔ x = 243 - 17 = 226

a

step-by-step explanation:

1,407.5 hours

step-by-step explanation:

we first convert all the time to hours and then sum them up.

there are 24 hours in 1 day, in 58 days, there are 24 x 58 = 1,392 hours.

there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, thus, 30 minutes will be equivalent to 30 / 60 = 0.5 hours.

therefore, the number of hours it will take mercury to complete a full rotation is 1,392 + 15 + 0.5 = 1,407.5 hours