At the restaurant, the cost of the meal before tax was $40. The tax is 8. 5%, and sheri wants to leave at least an 18% tip. Explain how to approximate the total cost of the meal.

new york state wildlife expert richard thomas found that a woodchuck could (and does) chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount equivalent to the weight of the dirt, or 700 pounds.