B

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B
A house price in the March was \(\$259\: 000\). The house has not been sold for several months and the price dropped to \(\$234\: 000\) in August. Write the discount as percents of the original price. (Round to the tenth.)
\(9.7\, \%\)
\(10.7\, \%\)
\(10.5\, \%\)
\(9.5\, \%\)

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Level: 
B
Assuming \(x\neq 0\) and \(y\neq 0\), simplify the following expression. \[ \left (\frac{x^{-2}y^{2}} {x^{0}y^{-8}}\right )^{-2} : \frac{x^{2}} {x^{-4}y^{7}} \]
\(\frac{1} {x^{2}y^{13}} \)
\(\frac{y^{13}} {x^{2}} \)
\(\frac{y^{15}} {x^{6}} \)
\(\frac{x^{4}} {y^{27}} \)