<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 = %
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Density</u>
The density of an object of mass m and volume V is given by
It can be expressed in common units like or any other combination of proper mass [M] by volume [V] units.
The data provided in the question is
Thus, the measured density is
We have expressed the result with 1 decimal place because the mass was measured to the nearest hundred milligrams (or one-tenth grams). Any further decimal is senseless because that precision comes from calculations, not from measurements.