The following graphs show the performance of two stocks over the first five months of the year.

Which graph appears to show the best performance?

Which scale makes the graph appear to be rising more slowly?

a. Stock XYZ shows the best performance. The scale of Stock ABC makes the graph appear to be rising more slowly.

b. Stock ABC shows the best performance. The scale of Stock ABC makes the graph appear to be rising more slowly.

c. Stock XYZ shows the best performance. The scale of Stock XYZ makes the graph appear to be rising more slowly.

d. Stock ABC shows the best performance. The scale of Stock XYZ makes the graph appear to be rising more slowly.

A. Stock XYZ shows the best performance. The scale of Stock ABC makes the graph appear to be rising more slowly.

Step-by-step explanation:

answer: 12

step-by-step explanation:

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

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