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An appliance store sells a washer-dryer combination for $1800. if the washer costs $300 more than the dryer, find the cost for each appliance.

The spring the owner of a sporting good store decreases the price of winter gloves from $10 to $8 each increases the price of swimming goggles from $8 to $10 without doing the math you think the percent decrease in the price of the gloves the same as the percent increase of the goggles explain why or why not