Reasoning Joanne cannot decide which of two washing machines to buy. The selling price of each is $455. The first is marked down by 50%. The second is marked down by 20% with an additional 30% off. Find the sale price of each washing machine. Use pencil and paper. Explain why Joanne should buy the first washing machine rather than the second if the machines are the same except for the selling price.

In 2000, for a certain region, 27.1% of incoming college freshman characterized their political views as liberal, 23.1% as moderate, and 49.8% as conservative. for this year, a random sample of 400 incoming college freshman yielded the frequency distribution for political views shown below. a. determine the mode of the data. b. decide whether it would be appropriate to use either the mean or the median as a measure of center. explain your answer. political view frequency liberal 118 moderate 98 conservative 184 a. choose the correct answer below. select all that apply. a. the mode is moderate. b. the mode is liberal. c. the mode is conservative. d. there is no mode.