1. At the grocery store you are purchasing steaks that cost $12.59, potatoes which cost $3.99, and green tea which costs
$4.49. If sales tax is 5.5%, how much tax will you have to
pay?

$1.16

Explanation:

12.59 + 3.99 + 4.49 = 21.07

21.07 x 5.5% = 1.16

You do realize that this is not an English question, right? It's a math question.

the correct answer would be d, i never like waking up.

explanation:

iambic tetrameter is a meter which is basically a line consisting of four feet of iambic and it is used in poetry. it consists of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. in this question, the only statement which is giving the feel of being stressed is option d, which says that i never like waking up. it means the person is feeling stressed whenever he wakes up. he never likes to wake up and and whenever he wakes up, he doesn't like it. so a sense or feel of being stressed is in this statement.  

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

explanation: