A store is having a 30%-off sale on all merchandise. If Mai buys one item and saves $18, what was the original price of her
purchase? Explain or show your reasoning.

In the final round of trivia competition, contestants were asked to name as many states that begin with the letter m as they could in 15 seconds. the bar graph shows the number of states the contestants were able to name. how many contestants participated in the final round of the competition?

Data from 2005 for various age groups show that for each $100 increase in the median weekly income for whites, the median weekly income of blacks increases by $105. also, for workers of ages 25 to 54 the median weekly income for whites was $676 and for blacks was $527. (a) let w represent the median weekly income for whites and b the median weekly income for blacks, and write the equation of the line that gives b as a linear function of w. b = (b) when the median weekly income for whites is $760, what does the equation in (a) predict for the median weekly income for blacks?

The power generated by an electrical circuit (in watts) as a function of its current c (in amperes) is modeled by p(c)= -15c(c-8) what current will produce the maximum power?