how do you find the interest rate ' for an investment of $1500 that earned $54 in simple interest in one year.

Sherina wrote and solved the equation. x-56=230 x-56-56=230-56 x=174 what was sherina’s error? sherina’s work is correct. sherina only needed to subtract 56 from 230. sherina made a subtraction error when subtracting 56 from 230. sherina should have added 56 to both sides of the equation.

1. are the triangles similar and if so why? what is the value of x? show your work.

Ariana starts with 100 milligrams of a radioactive substance. the amount of the substance decreases by 20% each week for a number of weeks, w. the expression 100(1−0.2)w finds the amount of radioactive substance remaining after w weeks. which statement about this expression is true? a) it is the difference between the initial amount and the percent decrease. b) it is the difference between the initial amount and the decay factor after w weeks. c) it is the initial amount raised to the decay factor after w weeks. d) it is the product of the initial amount and the decay factor after w weeks.