Hot dogs come 10 to a package, and buns come 8 to a package. if an equal number of hot dogs and buns are wanted for a picnic, what is the minimum number of each that can be purchased?

a) 18
b) 36
c) 40
d) 60

b

step-by-step explanation:

the total is 23.97. 0.25% is off so you have to subtracting 25% from 100% and you will get 75% if you convert it to decimal you will get 0.75. you have to find the original because the formula is % times original = total.so you have the total and the % so you just have to plug it in.

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents