Teach me about ratios

Apositive number a or the same number a increased by 50% and then decreased by 50% of the result?

Angela is buying a dress that is on sale for 20% off. if the original price of the dress is $40.00, how much money is angela saving on the dress? a. $0.80 b. $3.20 c. $32.00 d. $8.00

Astudy was interested in determining if eating milk chocolate lowered someone's cholesterol levels. ten people's cholesterol was measured. then, each of these individuals were told to eat 100g of milk chocolate every day and to eat as they normally did. after two weeks, their cholesterol levels were measured again. is there evidence to support that their cholesterol levels went down? how should we write the alternative hypothesis? (mud = the population mean difference= before - after)a. ha: mud = 0b. ha: mud > 0c. ha: mud < 0d. ha: mud does not equal 0