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Ashopper bought a watermelon a pack of napkins and some paper plates in his state there was no tax on food the tax rate on non-food items is 5% the total for the three items he bought was 825 before tags and he paid $0.19 in taxes how much did the watermelon cost

Trish receives $450 on the first of each month. josh receives $450 on the last day of each month. both trish and josh will receive payments for next four years. at a discount rate of 9.5 percent, what is the difference in the present value of these two sets of payments?

Arecipe calls for 2 2/4 cups of raisins, but julie only has a 1/4 measuring cup. how many 1/4 cups is needed to measure out 2 2/4 cups of raisins?