The sum of the ages of the Battle sisters is 39. Their ages can be represented as three consecutive integers. What is the age of the middle sister?

Which statement is always true? a negative exponent cannot be part of an expression's numerator. a negative base raised to the power of 2 has a negative value. a negative base raised to the power of 2 has a positive value. any number to the first power is zero.

Abike shop sells you a bicycle for $63 and a helmet for $21. the total cost is 150% of what the shop spent originally. how much did the shop spend originally? how much profit did the bike shop earn by selling the bicycle and helmet to you ?

Adepartment store purchases screen-printed t-shirts at a cost of $5 per shirt. they mark up the price 150% (making the selling price 250% of the store's purchase price) and put them on the sales floor. every month that a t-shirt doesn't sell, the store reduces the selling price by 25%.