Stefan sells Jin a bicycle for $138 and a helmet for $16. The total cost for Jin is 40% of what Stefan spent originally to buy the bike and helmet. How much did Stefan spend originally?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?

Aschool allots ? 1500 to spend on a trip to the theatre. theatre tickets have a regular cost of ? 55 each and are on offer for 1 5 off. a train ticket for the day will cost ? 12 each. if 2 teachers and the maximum number of students attend, how much money will the school have left over?

Frank is lending $1,000 to sarah for two years. frank and sarah agree that frank should earn a real return of 4 percent per year. instructions: a. the cpi (times 100) is 100 at the time that frank makes the loan. it is expected to be 113 in one year and 127.7 in two years. what nominal rate of interest should frank charge sarah?