Question

Sales tax is a function of the price of an item. The amount of sales tax is 0.08 times the price of the item. Use h to represent the function.

Answer 1

`h=0.08x`

Explanation:

Given :

Sales tax is a function of the price of an item.

The amount of sales tax is 0.08 times the price of the item.

To Find: Function

Let the price of an item be x

Since we are given that amount of sales tax is 0.08 times the price of the item.

Thus amount of sales tax = 0.08 x

Let h represents the amount of sales tax .

So, function :

`h=0.08x`

Hence , the function represents the situation :
`h=0.08x`

Answer 2

Let the price of the item be x, then
h = 0.08x