What is x minus 3 over x^2 minus 25 over x^2 minus 9 over x minus 5?

Customers at an ice-cream shop took a survey .the results showed that 144 customers rated the shop as being "very satisfactory ."this number represented 45%of the total nunber of customers who took the survey

Find a number such that if you add 8 and divide the result by 4 you will get the same answer as if you subtracted 3 from the original number and divided by 2

The price of an item has been reduced by 30%. the original price was $30. what is the price of the item now ?