You plan to buy $12,000 in computers at a local chain store. there are two stores located about the same distance from your office but in different cities with different tax rates. one city has a tax rate of 7% and the other has a tax rate of 8.5%. what percent can you save by going with the lower tax rate? round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent, if necessary.

Going from point a to point b, the cheetah traveled at an average rate of 70 mph. returning to point a, the cheetah traveled at an average rate of 40 mph. can we say that this cheetah’s average rate was 55 mph? uchet write an equation for the average rate for the trip. remember, the cheetah runs from point a to point b and back to point a. first leg of trip: second leg of trip: ⦁ the following equation represents the average rate for the trip. is this equation equivalent to the one you wrote above? explain why or why not.