What is the answer to 1/3x(15+6)?

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Ifurniture stores having a weekend sale and is offering 20% discount on patio chairs and table the sales tax on furniture is 6.25 using function composition how can you represent the total amount a that you would need to pay for this furniture that cost x dollars

Last year, a state university received 3,560 applications from boys. of those applications, 35 percent were from boys who lived in other states. part a)how many applications did the university receive from boys who lived in other states? part b)applications to the university from boys represented 40percent of all applications. how many applications did the university receive in all? i don't how to do part b so me and plz tell how you got your answer