18) . are these two claims equivalent, in conflict, or not comparable because they’re talking about different things?

a. “we mark up the wholesale price by 33% to come up with the retail price”

b. “the store has a 25% profit margin”

Step-by-step explanation:

They're both talking about profit although one isn't making profit at all so I guess they're equivalent. You can also say, one is about meeting the retail price the other is talking about how far they've left the retail price behind

the answer for this question is 38

x=17

step-by-step explanation:

solve 3x-24=x+10

then that makes it 2x=34 because you subtract an x from both sides to get rid of the one on the right, and then you add 24 to both sides to get rid of the 24 on the left

divide by both sides by 2 to get your answer so that you can get your answer