Practice Question 1. [The exact answer to a math question may NOT always be provided in graded quizzes and exams, so this question provides practice in this area] We have a plastic box in the shape of an exact cube, the box is 2' high. What is the volume inside the box? If the exact answer isn't present, then choose the answer that is numerically closest. An example of closest, if you thought an answer to a question was 7.8 and you had two possible answers, 7.5 and 8.2 -- you would pick 7.5 as 7.5 is numerically closer to 7.8 than 8.2 is.

Question 2 (1 point) Listen Practice Question 2. [The exact answer to a math question may NOT always be provided in graded quizzes and exams, so this question provides practice in this area] We are researching some cost trends of specialty equipment we use. We found an old email that provided details of the equipment and the total price including tax. This total price was $25,682.25 but it included PST (provincial sales tax) and GST (federal sales tax). And at that time (this "cascading" tax situation is fictional but cascading taxes are still used in some situations and countries) the GST was applied to the cost of the equipment, and then PST was applied to not just the cost of the equipment but the equipment including GST. PST was 7% and GST was 5% at that time, but what would be the price of the equipment today if we just used a simple 13% HST tax rather than the 2 "cascading" taxes