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225/100 of last years cost. write each fraction as a decimal and as a percent

Suppose there is a simple index of three stocks, stock abc, stock xyz, and stock qrs. stock abc opens on day 1 with 4000 shares at $3.15 per share. stock xyz opens on day 1 with 5000 shares at $4.30 per share. stock qrs opens on day 1 with 6000 shares at $4.60 per share. the price of stock abc on day 8 begins at $3.50. the price of stock xyz on day 8 begins at $3.90. stock qrs opens on day 8 with a price of $4.50 per share. assume that each stock has the same number of shares that it opened with on day 1. what is the rate of change of this simple index over 1 week?

Sam is a waiter at a local restaurant where he earns wages of $5 per hour sam figures that he also eams about $3 in tips for each person he serves sam works 6 hours on a particular day. if n represents the number of people sam serves that day, which of the following functions could sam use to figure ehis total earings for the do o a. en) = 30 o b. en) = 5n+ 18