Mr. Miranda borrowed $8,800 for 12 months at simple interest to pay for a new swimming pool. If Mr. Miranda paid the bank a total of $10,287.20, what was the simple interest rate of the loan?

Apatient is to be given 35 milligrams of demerol every 4 hours. you have demerol 50 milligrams/milliliter in stock. how many milliliters should be given per dose?

Tom can paint the fence in 12 hours, but if he works together with a friend they can finish the job in 8 hours. how long would it take for his friend to paint this fence alone?

Tommy buys a sweater that is on sale for 40% off the original price. the expression p -0.4p can be used to find the sale price of the sweater, where p is the original price of the sweater. if the original price of the sweater is 50, what is the sale price?