A store is currently offering a 60% discount on all items purchased. Your cashier is trying to convince you to open a store credit card and says to you, "In addition to the 60% discount you are receiving for purchasing these items on sale today, you will get an additional 20% off for opening a credit card account. That means you are getting 105% off!" What is the mistaken assumption here?
Why is that assumption incorrect?
If you did truly have an 80% discount, explain what should happen when you go to the counter to buy $500 worth of items? show calculation
If you got your 60% discount and opened up the card for an additional 20%, what is the actual % discount you would receive? show calculation
Is it better to apply the 60% discount first or the 20% discount first? show calculation

Submarines control how much they float or sink in the ocean by changing the volume of air and water contained in large ballast tanks. when the tanks are completely full of water, the submarine increases its overall mass and sinks down to the bottom. when the tanks are completely full of air, the submarine reduces its overall mass and floats to the surface. depending on the density of the seawater surrounding the submarine, it will pump seawater in or out of the tanks in order to achieve the same overall density as the sea water and float neutrally in the water. the volume of the submarine never changes. when the tanks are completely full of water, a submarine with a volume of 7.8\times10^3\text{ m}^37.8×10 3 m 3 7, point, 8, times, 10, start superscript, 3, end superscript, space, m, start superscript, 3, end superscript has a total mass of 8\times10^6\text{ kg}8×10 6 kg8, times, 10, start superscript, 6, end superscript, space, k, g. the density of the seawater is 10^3\text{ kg/m}^310 3 kg/m 3 10, start superscript, 3, end superscript, space, k, g, slash, m, start superscript, 3, end superscript. to make that submarine float neutrally, and neither float nor sink in the ocean, what volume of water does that submarine need to subtract from its tanks?

On friday, there were x students at the baseball game. on monday, there were half as many students at the game as there were on friday. on wednesday, there were 32 fewer students at the game as there were on friday. which expression could represent the total number of tickets sold for all 3 games?

The ideal weight of a nickel is 0.176 ounce. to check that there are 40 nickels in a roll, a bank weighs the roll and allows for an error of 0.015 ounce in total weight