Question

The price of a cell phone is x dollars. sandy bought the phone for x+0.07x dollars after an additional 7%sales tax. what is another expression that represents the same amount, in dollars, that sandy had to pay to buy the cell phone?

Answer 1

The amount that Sandy has to pay to buy the cell phone is 1.07x dollars.

This is a question of percentages.

Percentage

Percentage means a number or a ratio expressed in terms of fractions of 100. It is denoted using the percentage sign “%”.

It is given in the question that:-

Price of cell phone = x dollars

Additional sales tax = 7 %

We have to find the amount, in dollars, that Sandy had to pay to buy the cell phone.

Total amount Sandy had to pay for the cell phone = x + 7 % of x

x + (7/100)x = x + 0.07x = 1.07x dollars.

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