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

`y = x+0.08x`

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

⇒
`(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`