Question

A farmer grew x pounds of rice last year. This year, she grew 8% more rice than she grew last year, which expression represents the amount of the number of pounds of rice that the farmer grew this year?

Answer 1

Answer:

$y = x+0.08x$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : A farmer grew x pounds of rice last year. This year, she grew 8% more rice than she grew last year

To Find: which expression represents the amount of the number of pounds of rice that the farmer grew this year

Solution:

Let y be the amount of rice she grew this year

Since we are given that A farmer grew x pounds of rice last year.

This year she grew 8% more rice than she grew last year

⇒8%of x more

⇒$\frac{8}{100} x$

⇒$0.08x$

This year she grew 0.08x more rice

So, rice she grew this year (y):

$y = x+0.08x$

Hence expression represents the amount of the number of pounds of rice that the farmer grew this year: $y = x+0.08x$