Chris takes out a loan for $8,500 to purchase a used car. He is going to pay the loan off over the next 72 months at a simple interest rate of 9.25%. How much will Chris pay in interest?

Ashley spent half of her lunch money on a turkey sandwich. then she spent two-thirds of the money she had left on a bottle of juice and the rest of the money on a cookie. if the cookie cost $.75, how much lunch money did ashley have to start with?