A ski shop is marking all their items down 20%. In addition, if the item is more than $100, they will take an additional $25 off. If a pair of skis were purchased at a sale price of $231, what was the price of the original skis?
Allen's diet says he can only have fruit drinks that contain 15 calories per ounce. All he has is a bottle of grape juice that contains 18 calories per ounce, and a bottle of sunkist grape juice that contains 6 calories per ounce. If he wants to drink a 12 ounce glass of grape fruit juice, how many ounces of each bottle should he mix to get a drink that will fit his diet?
I would like to know how to set up variables to represent the quantities and how the equation should be formed. Thanks in advance
2006-12-03
06:14:23
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