A ceramic vase was originally priced at $100 but went on sale for 50% off. If Ernesto bought the ceramic vase and paid 12% sales tax, how much did he pay in total?

Many newspapers carry a certain puzzle in which the reader must unscramble letters to form words. how many ways can the letters of emdangl be arranged? identify the correct unscrambling, then determine the probability of getting that result by randomly selecting one arrangement of the given letters.