<u><em>Answer:</em></u>
The sales tax is 8%
<u><em>Explanation:</em></u>
<u>We are given that:</u>
The price of the rocket is $24 and the sales tax is $1.92
To get the percentage of the sales tax, all we have to do is divide the sales tax by the price of the rocket and then multiply the quotient by 100 (to convert the ratio to percentage)
<u>This is done as follows:</u>
% of sales tax =
% of sales tax = %
Hope this helps :)
According to the information given in the exercise:
• 1 meter of lightning cable weight 85 grams.
,• An empty spool weighs 260 grams.
,• Ted weighs the partly used spool shown in the picture and its total weight is 1540 grams.
Then, knowing this, let be "x" the number of meters of cable left on the spool.
You can set up the following using the information given in the exercise:
Knowing that:
You can set up that:
Therefore, solving for "x", you get:
Hence, you can conclude that the answer is: Second option.