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When Shondra makes an online purchase, a 15% The Lees have budgeted between $200,000 and
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Discount is applied to the retail price and then a $300,000 for their new home. Approximately what
6.25% tax is added to this discounted price. Which of the percentage of the houses shown in the graph are priced
following represents the amount Shondra pays, in dollars, for within the range of this budget?
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an item with a retail price of x dollars?
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A) 35%
B) 1.0625x - 0. 15x
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The line of best fit for these data has the equation
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about $1,200.
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square feet, for 20 homes in a suburban area, as well as
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Approximately 3 million U.S. students graduated from Light travels through a vacuum at a speed of
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and 65% of the men enrolled in college. The U.S. school Approximately how many miles will a ray of light
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number of 2014 female high school graduates who did
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