Maizah bought a pair of pants and a briefcase at a department store. the sum of the prices of the pants and the briefcase before sales tax was $130.00. there was no sales tax on the pants and a 9% sales tax on the briefcase. the total maizah paid, including the sales tax was $136.75. whats was the price, in dollars, of the pants?

There are three bags: a (contains 2 white and 4 red balls), b (8 white, 4 red) and c (1 white 3 red). you select one ball at random from each bag, observe that exactly two are white, but forget which ball came from which bag. what is the probability that you selected a white ball from bag a?

Three friends went on a road trip from phoenix, az, to san diego, ca. mark drove 50 percent of the distance. jason drove 1/8 of the distance. andy drove the remainder of the distance. 1. andy thinks he drove 1/4 of the distance from phoenix, az, to san diego, ca. is andy correct? 2. the distance from phoenix, az, to san diego, ca, is 360 miles. how many miles did each person drive? 3. solve the problem. what is the answer in total?

Explain in a minimum of 2 sentences how to graph the equation of the absolute value function given a vertex of (-1,3) and a value of “a” equal to ½.