Anew cell phone costs $85, and the sales tax is 9%. what is the amount of sales tax?

This is a great life skill to learn and something you will use everyday.  To find tax, multiply the cost by the tax rate as a decimal.  Here is how it is done:

cost: $85

tax rate: 9%=0.09 as a decimal

85 times 0.09= 7.65

You will pay $7.65 in taxes on the new cell phone.

Adam

Step-by-step explanation:

You just have to divide feet/second

Adam: 15 feet per second

15/1=15

Noah runs 599 feet in 40 seconds

599/40=14.9

Jake runs 1 mile in 384 seconds

1 mile=5280 feet

5280/384=13.8

liz runs 667 feet in 1 minute

1 minute=60 seconds

667/60=11.1