11. Sam has to pay a 15% tax on a boat that cost him $500. He believes he can determine the tax he owes using the calculation:
15x5
Explain why Sam is correct.

Aswimming pool has an input pump for filling the pool and an output pump for emptying the pool. the input pump can fill the pool in 3 hours, and the output pump can drain the pool in 5 hours. as you go to bed, the pool is full, but a neighbor’s kid turns on the output pump. at midnight, you awake to find the pool half empty. immediately, you turn on the input pump, but you are sleepy and forget to turn off the output pump. at what time will the pool become full?

Asap the total attendance for all of a baseball league in 2012 was about 7.5×107 fans, while the attendance for the tornadoes in 2012 was about 1.5×106 fans. about how many times more was the attendance for the entire baseball league than the attendance for just the tornadoes? 50 times more 10 times more 2 times more 5 times more

Gretchen is setting up for a banquet. she has 300 chairs and needs to distribute them evenly among t tables. how many chairs should she put at each table? write your answer as an expression.