Question

Test Prep Students running a food drive have collected their goal amount of canned goods. Over the weekend, volunteers collect an additional 18%

of the goal.

Write an expression to represents the total percent of their goal, g
, collected in two different ways.

Answer 1

x+18%

1.18x

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: Let's call the initial goal amount of canned goods "g". The expression to represent the total percent of the goal collected can be written in two different ways as follows:

The first expression represents the initial goal plus the additional 18% collected over the weekend:

Total percent collected = g + 0.18g = 1.18g

This means that the volunteers collected 118% of the initial goal.

The second expression represents the ratio of the total amount collected to the initial goal:

Total percent collected = (g + 0.18g) / g = 1 + 0.18 = 1.18

This means that the volunteers collected a total of 118% of the initial goal.

Explanation: