A department store advertises a sale where the customer chooses the discount, a customer may choose a flat discount of $20 off any purchase or 20% off the total purchase price. the final purchase price of an item was $175.
A. what are the possible prices of the item before each discount?
B. Which discount represents a bigger savings in cost for the customer?

James wants to promote his band on the internet. site a offers website hosting for $4.95 per month with a $49.95 startup fee. site b offers website hosting for $9.95 per month with no startup fee. for how many months would james need to keep the website for site a to be a better choice than site b? 1. define a variable for the situation. 2. write an inequality that represents the situation. 3.solve the inequality to find out how many months he needs to keep the website for site a to be less expensive than site b. 4. using words, describe how many months he needs to keep the website for site a to be less expensive than site b.

If the cost to mail a package is an initial $5 and $0.28 for every pound the total cost to mail a package was $11.27, how much did the package weigh?

The weight v of an object on venus varies directly with its weight e on earth. a person weighing 120 lb on earth would weigh 106 lb on venus. how much would a person weighing 150 lb on earth weigh on venus?