Question

Mal works at a photo gallery. He charges $50 for a large photo and $40 for a large frame. Sales tax is 5%. How much total tax will a customer pay on both?

Answer the questions to show how to write and simplify expressions that represent the problem

4. Which expression, the original expression or the expanded expression, involves finding the total cost first, then calculating the tax on that total?

Answer 1

Given that Mal sold a large photo for $ 50 and a large frame for $ 40, and that the sales tax for these products is 5%, to determine the total amount that the consumer had to pay to purchase these products arises from the following calculation:

Explanation:

50 + 40) x 1.05 = X

90 x 1.05 = X

94.5 = X

Therefore, the total amount that the consumer had to pay for both products was $ 94.50.