*a store charges $280 for a coat. this price is 40 percent more than the amount it cost the store to buy. at the end-of-season sale, the store employees can purchase any remaining coats at 30 percent off the store’s cost. how much would it cost an employee to purchase the coat at the sale?

Afarmer began a new method of reducing grain spills. this reduced the number of mice on the farm. the number of snakes in the surrounding area decreased at the same time. the snakes depended on the mice that lived in the field. what’s the likely reason the snake population decreased? a. the number of snake predators increased. b. the number of mice increased. c. the number of mice decreased. d. the pesticides affected the snakes. e. a new breed of mice moved into the field.