Isabel bought a new jacket for $48 before tax. she paid 6.5% in sales tax. how much was the sales tax?
a)$2.68
b)$2.92
c)$3.12
d)$3.08

Abbey purchased a house using a fixed rate mortgage. the annual interest rate is 4.2% compounded monthly for 20 years. the mortgage amount is $235,000. what is the monthly payment on the mortgage? this isn't a multiple choice question have to show my work

Dexter read 11 science fiction books and 5 history books. lena read 9 science fiction books and 4 history books. compare the students’ ratios of science fiction books to history books. 1. determine the ratios’ form:    science fiction books to history books 2. write the ratios as fractions:    dexter: 115; lena: 94 3. rewrite with a common denominator. 4. compare. 5. answer the question. determine which shows the correct comparison of the ratios for this problem.

Cor d? ? me ? max recorded the heights of 500 male humans. he found that the heights were normally distributed around a mean of 177 centimeters. which statements about max’s data must be true? a) the median of max’s data is 250 b) more than half of the data points max recorded were 177 centimeters. c) a data point chosen at random is as likely to be above the mean as it is to be below the mean. d) every height within three standard deviations of the mean is equally likely to be chosen if a data point is selected at random.