Two problems: 1. A dress bought at sh.23,000 was sold at a loss of sh.2,500. Calculate the selling price. 2. A meeting started at 2:30pm and lasted 45 minutes. What time did it end?

Here are the solutions to the problems. Problem 1: The loss on a dress bought at sh.23,000 was sh.2,500. Calculate the selling price of the dress. Step 1: Identify the given values. The cost price (CP) of the dress is sh. 23,000. The loss incurred is sh. 2,500. Step 2: Use the formula for selling price when there is a loss. The selling price (SP) is calculated by subtracting the loss from the cost price. SP = CP - Loss Step 3: Substitute the values and calculate the selling price. SP = sh. 23,000 - sh. 2,500 SP = sh. 20,500 The selling price of the dress was sh. 20,500. Problem 2: A certain meeting started at 2:30pm and lasted for 45 minutes. At what time did the meeting end? Step 1: Identify the start time and duration. The meeting started at 2:30 pm. The duration of the meeting was 45 minutes. Step 2: Add the duration to the start time. Start time: 2 hours 30 minutes Duration: 45 minutes Step 3: Calculate the total minutes. 30 minutes + 45 minutes = 75 minutes Step 4: Convert the total minutes into hours and minutes. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour: 75 minutes = 1 hour and 15 minutes Step 5: Add the converted time to the hours of the start time. 2 pm + 1 hour = 3 pm The remaining minutes are 15. So, the end time is 3:15 pm. The meeting ended at 3:15 pm. That's 2 down. 3 left today — send the next one.