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What is an expression for the sale price of a bracelet that has been discounted 60% from its sticker price?  Evaluate the expression for a sticker price of $90.
Use the variable s for the sale price and p for the sticker price.

• s = p - 0.6p; $36
• s = p - 0.4p; $54
• s = p + 60p; $5490
• s = p + 0.6p; $90

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Write an algebraic expression for the phrase:
   The product of g and 4

• 4g
• g+4
• g/4
• g - 4

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Five less than  x 

• x - 5 
• 5 - x 
• x + 5 
• 5x

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Joe Mauer hits a fly ball.  You can track the height of the ball using the equation:   h(t) = -16t² + 140t + 2  
What was the starting
                        height of the ball?                                                                                      

• -16 feet
• 140 feet
• 2 feet
• 0 feet

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The expression 6x² – 4x + 5 can be used to calculate a company’s revenue from selling x items. The expression 2x² – 10 can be used to calculate the company’s cost to make x items. Which expression represents the company’s profit from selling x items?
(Note: Profit = Revenue – Cost)

• 8x² – 4x – 5
• 4x² – 4x + 15
• 4x² – 4x – 5
• 4x² + 15

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110x + y = 1,210
A coffee shop is running a promotion where a number of free coffee samples are given away each day. The equation above can be used to model the number of free coffee samples, y, that remain to be given away x days after the promotion began. What does it mean that (11,0) is a solution to this equation? 

• During the promotion, 11 samples are given away each day. 
• It takes 11 days during the promotion to see 1,210 customers. 
• It takes 11 days during the promotion until none of the samples are remaining. 
• There are 11 samples available at the start of the promotion. 

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The expression 12(1.015)^t models the population of elephants in a wildlife refuge after t years since 1975.
What does the value 1.015 represent?

• The number of elephants was 1,015 in 1975.
• The number of elephants increases by 1.5% each year.
• The number of elephants increases by 101.5% each year.
• The number of elephants is multiplied by 1.015 each year.

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Katherine has a coupon for 15% off. Which of the following expressions represents how much she will pay if the sticker price is p?

• p - 15

• .15p

• .85p

• 15p

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Joe Mauer hits a fly ball.  You can track the height of the ball using the equation:   h(t) = -16t² + 140t + 2  
What was the starting
                        height of the ball?                                                                                      

• -16 feet
• 140 feet
• 2 feet
• 0 feet

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This function represents the number of ants in a colony $f\left(x\right)=3\ \left(\ 2\right)^x$ How many ants did you begin with? 

• There was 2 ants

• There was 3 ants

• The equation doesn't tell us

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