Question

The membership in the math club at Rogers Junior High increased by 7% from last year to this year. The president of the math club used the following expression to find the number of members in the club this year. m + m(0.07) Which of the following is another expression that could be used to get the same results?

Answer 1

you could make a fraction that looks like this 7/100 X x/ amount of memebers

Answer 2

1.07m

Explanation:

The number of members in the math club last year is represented by m. A 7% increase of the membership of the club can be represented by m(0.07).

Adding the increase to the membership is m + m(0.07). The expression is simplified below.

m + m(0.07) = (1 + 0.07)m

= 1.07m

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