In 2000, when the consumer price index (CPI) was 172.2, Aramis purchased a
house for $111,500. Assuming that the price of houses increased at the
same rate as the CPI from 1990 to 2000, approximately how much would the
house have cost in 1990, when the CPI was 130.7?

Apublic library wants to place 4 magazines and 9 books on each display shelf. the expressions 4s +9s represents the total number of items that will be displayed on s shelves. simplify this expression

12. the amount of money in a bank account decreased by 21.5% over the last year. if the amount of money at the beginning of the year is represented by ‘n', write 3 equivalent expressions to represent the amount of money in the bank account after the decrease?

Arianna is buying plants for her garden. she buys 15 flowering plants for $96. pink flowering plants sell for $8, and purple flowering plants sell for $5. how many pink flowering plants did arianna buy? i figured out the answer! the answer is 7. 8x +5y = 96 plug in 7 for x 8 (7) + 5y = 96 56 + 5y = 96 subtract 56 from both sides 5y/y = 40/5 y = 8 she bought 7 pink and 8 purple plants