You are purchasing four items and want to calculate the tax. The items cost $2.50, $8.75, three dollars, and $10.25. The tax rate is 6%. How much is the tax? Please calculate with Disribution and calculate without distribution.

The graph of y = ax^2 + bx + c is a parabola that opens up and has a vertex at (0, 5). what is the solution set of the related equation 0 = ax%2 + bx + c?

Two cars which are 40 miles apart start moving simultaneously in the same direction with constant speeds. if the speed of the car which is behind is 56 mph and the speed of the other car is 48 mph, how many hours will it take for the car which is behind to catch up the car ahead of it?

Consider a bag that contains 220 coins of which 6 are rare indian pennies. for the given pair of events a and b, complete parts (a) and (b) below. a: when one of the 220 coins is randomly selected, it is one of the 6 indian pennies. b: when another one of the 220 coins is randomly selected (with replacement), it is also one of the 6 indian pennies. a. determine whether events a and b are independent or dependent. b. find p(a and b), the probability that events a and b both occur.