There is a sales tax of $5 on an item that costs $51 before tax. a second item costs $173.40 before tax. what is the sales tax on the second item?

Adecorative window is made up of a rectangle with semicircles at either end. the ratio of ad to ab is 3: 2 and ab is 30 inches. what is the ratio of the area of the rectangle to the combined area of the semicircles? possible answers: a. 2: 3 b. 3: 2 c. 6: π d. 9: π e. 30: π