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Lin is shopping for a couch with her dad and heard him ask the salesperson “how much is your commission? ” the salesperson says that her commission is 5 1/2% of the selling price. a.how much commission will the salesperson earn by selling a couch for $495? b.how much money will the store get from the sale of the couch?

For the equations below which statement is true ?

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.