To decrease an amount by 18%, what single multiplier would you use?

Graph red beads cost $1 an ounce and gold beads cost $3 an ounce. juanita wants to purchase a 12-ounce mixture of red and gold beads that she can sell for $2 an ounce. the solution of the system shows the number of beads needed for juanita to break even. x + y = 12, x + 3y = 24 how many ounces of red beads will juanita buy to break even? how many ounces of gold beads will she buy?

Find the constant of variation for the relation and use it to write an equation for the statement. then solve the equation.

What is the 17th term in the arithmetic sequence in which a6 is 101 and a9 is 83