What is this symbol? and can someone solve this algebra equation for me ?

George is folding a piece of paper to make an origami figure. each time he folds the paper, the thickness of the paper is doubled. the paper starts out flat, with a thickness of 1 millimeter. a. write a list of six ordered pairs showing the output as the thickness of the paper when the input is the number of times it is folded. explain how you came up with your ordered pairs. b. is this relation a function? explain why or why not using the ordered pairs you came up with in part a.

Use the x-intercept method to find all real solutions of the equation. -9x^3-7x^2-96x+36=3x^3+x^2-3x+8

Jada has a meal in a restaurant she adds up the prices listed on the menu for everything they ordered and gets a subtotal of $42.00. when the check comes, it says they also need to pay $3.99 in sales tax. what percentage of the subtotal is the sales tax