You work in the tool department at The Home Depot. Your manager asks you to set up a point-of-purchase display for a set of 10 wrenches that are on sale this week. He asks you to arrange them in order from smallest to largest on the display board. When you open the box, you find the following sizes in inches:  9 32,  5 8,  7 16,  1 2,  3 16,  3 4,  7 8,  7 32,  1 4,  3 8. (a) Rearrange the wrenches by size from smallest to largest. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)       (b) Next your manager tells you that the sale will be "1/3 off" the regular price of $39 and has asked you to calculate the sale price to be printed on the sign. $  (c) After the sale is over, your manager asks you for the sales figures on the wrench promotion. If 150 sets were sold that week, what amount of revenue will you report? $  (d) If $6,000 in sales was expected, what reduced fraction represents sales attained?

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You work in the tool department at The Home Depot. Your manager asks you to set up a point-of-purchase display for a set of 10 wrenches that are on sale this week. He asks you to arrange them in order from smallest to largest on the display board. When you open the box, you find the following sizes in inches: 
9
32
5
8
7
16
1
2
3
16
3
4
7
8
7
32
1
4
3
8
.
(a)
Rearrange the wrenches by size from smallest to largest. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)
 
 
 
(b)
Next your manager tells you that the sale will be "1/3 off" the regular price of $39 and has asked you to calculate the sale price to be printed on the sign.
(c)
After the sale is over, your manager asks you for the sales figures on the wrench promotion. If 150 sets were sold that week, what amount of revenue will you report?
(d)
If $6,000 in sales was expected, what reduced fraction represents sales attained?
 
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