David wants to buy a new bicycle that cost $295 before a 40%
discount. He finds the cost after the
discount, in dollars, by evaluating
295 - 295(0.40). His brother Michael
finds the same cost by evaluating
295(1 – 0.40). What property can be
used to justify that these two
expressions represent the same cost
after the discount?

An animal shelter has 21 puppies. if the puppies are 28% of the total dog and cat population , how many dogs and cats are in the animal shelter

Apatient is to take 60 mg of an antibiotic on day 1, take 45mg on days 2 and 3, take 30mg on days 4 and 5 and take 15 mg on days 6 and 7. how many total mg will the patient take?

Consider the function f left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 4 x squared minus 3 x minus 1f(x)=4x2−3x−1 and complete parts (a) through (c). (a) find f left parenthesis a plus h right parenthesis f(a+h); (b) find startfraction f left parenthesis a plus h right parenthesis minus f left parenthesis a right parenthesis over h endfraction f(a+h)−f(a) h; (c) find the instantaneous rate of change of f when aequals=77.