Provide an appropriate response.Juan and Pete are on the same salary. Juan receives a 10% raise followed by an 8% raise a year later. Pete receives an 8% raise followed by a 10% raise a year later. After the two salary raises, whose salary is higher? Explain your answer.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary. The two salaries will be the same. y×10%×8% is the same as y×8%×10%. 

Mathematics

You might also like to view...

State whether you would expect the data set to be normally distributed.The number of siblings of the students at Bloomington High School

A. Not normal B. Normal

Mathematics

Use factoring to find the zeros of the quadratic function. List the x-intercepts of the graph of the function.G(x) = x2 - 2x

A. x = 2 B. x = 0, x = -2 C. x = -2 D. x = 0, x = 2

Mathematics

Use the distributive property to write the expression without parentheses. Then simplify, if necessary.3(6x - 5)

A. 18x - 5 B. 9x - 8 C. 18x - 15 D. 33x

Mathematics

Express as an equivalent expression without exponents.(-3)4

A. -3 B. -81 C. 3 D. 81

Mathematics