4. Makayla moves to a new city and wants to know how much she will pay in sales taxes for
her purchases. She finds that the state of Texas charges a 4.25% sales tax rate, and her city
also imposes a 3% sales tax rate. What is the total tax she will pay on a purchase of $500?

Ahypothesis is: a the average squared deviations about the mean of a distribution of values b) an empirically testable statement that is an unproven supposition developed in order to explain phenomena a statement that asserts the status quo; that is, any change from what has been c) thought to be true is due to random sampling order da statement that is the opposite of the null hypothesis e) the error made by rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true

Which equation is true? i. 56 ÷ 4·7 = 82 ÷ (11 + 5) ii. (24 ÷ 8 + 2)3 = (42 + 9)2 neither i nor ii ii only i and ii i only

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation