Malcolm has $638.54 in his checking account. he must maintain a $500 balance to avoid a fee. he wrote a check for $159.50 today. write and solve an inequality to solve for the least amount of money he needs to deposit to avoid a fee

Max and brenda went shopping for a table. they found one that they like. the cost is $150.00 but there is a 25% off sale and they need to add 8% to the local sales tax. max multiplied 150 x 0.75 to get the cost. he then multiplied the discounted amount by 1.08 to find the total cost. what was max’s total cost? brenda multiplied 150 x 25% and subtracted that amount from 150. she then multiplied the discounted price by 8%. she added the discounted price and the tax amount together to get the total cost. what was brenda’s total cost? how come the answers are the same?