9(k - 2) = -6 what is k

Fanny mendelssohn manages all the magazines and paperback books at a local grocery store. she prices many paperbacks to sell at $7.99. the cost to the store is $5.29. what is the markup rate on a paperback book, based on its cost?

Afamily has five members. a mom, a dad, two sisters, & a brother. the family lines up single file. what is the probabillity that the mom is at the front of the line

Patty made a name tag in the shape of a parallelogram. reilly made a rectangular name tag with the same base and height. explain how the areas of the name tags compare.