a. With a discount of 50 percent, the cost of a bracelet is $17.99. What is the price before the discount? $ b. A wireless intercom system is marked down from $99.99 to $39.99. By what percent is the intercom discounted? % c. A teacher's salary in the year 2,012 is 107.5 percent of her salary in 2,011. If the salary in 2,011 is $63,449, what is the salary in 2,012? $

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Compute each percent to the nearest tenth of a percent and each dollar amount to the nearest
hundredth of a dollar.
a. With a discount of 50 percent, the cost of a bracelet is $17.99. What is the price
before the discount? $
b. A wireless intercom system is marked down from $99.99 to $39.99. By what percent is
the intercom discounted?
%
c. A teacher's salary in the year 2,012 is 107.5 percent of her salary in 2,011. If the salary
in 2,011 is $63,449, what is the salary in 2,012? $
d. If 16 of the 28 students in a class did not enroll in the school's insurance plan, what
percentage did enroll in the plan?
Transcribed Image Text:Compute each percent to the nearest tenth of a percent and each dollar amount to the nearest hundredth of a dollar. a. With a discount of 50 percent, the cost of a bracelet is $17.99. What is the price before the discount? $ b. A wireless intercom system is marked down from $99.99 to $39.99. By what percent is the intercom discounted? % c. A teacher's salary in the year 2,012 is 107.5 percent of her salary in 2,011. If the salary in 2,011 is $63,449, what is the salary in 2,012? $ d. If 16 of the 28 students in a class did not enroll in the school's insurance plan, what percentage did enroll in the plan?
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