If a product is discounted by 23%, what percentage of the original price is to be paid

Arianna is buying plants for her garden. she buys 15 flowering plants for $96. pink flowering plants sell for $8, and purple flowering plants sell for $5. how many pink flowering plants did arianna buy? i figured out the answer! the answer is 7. 8x +5y = 96 plug in 7 for x 8 (7) + 5y = 96 56 + 5y = 96 subtract 56 from both sides 5y/y = 40/5 y = 8 she bought 7 pink and 8 purple plants

Jamie went to home depot.she bought 25 bags of soil that cost $9 per bag.she bought 15 pots at $8 each, and she bought 23 bags of pebbles at $15 each.she used a coupon that gave her $5 off for every 100 dollars she spent. how much did jamie pay at the end?

Look at arnold's attempt to solve the equation for b: 3b = 12 b = 3 · 12 b = 36 describe the mistake that arnold made.