Question

The original price of an item plus a sales tax of 8.5 % write an expression? I need help ASAP

Answer 1

well, with out the price of the original item, it would have to be expressed as x. so the answer would be the equation x + %8.5 or x + .085

Answer 2

`1.085x`

Explanation:

Let x represent original price of an item.

We have been given that sales tax is 8.5%. The cost of item after sales tax would be x plus 8.5% of x.

`\text{Total price of item}=x+(8.5)/(100)\cdot x`

`\text{Total price of item}=x+0.085 x`

`\text{Total price of item}=1.085x`

Therefore, our required expression would be
`1.085x`.