Question

: A taxpayer claims the new sports team caused his school taxes to increase by 2%. Write an equation to show the relationship between the school taxes before and after a 2% increase. Used to represent the dollar amount of school tax before the 2% increase and t to represent the dollar amount of school tax after the 2% increase.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

If x represents the dollar amount of school tax before the 2% increase, then the 2% increase would be 0.02x (since 2% can be written as 0.02).

To find the total school tax after the 2% increase, we can add the original school tax (x) to the 2% increase (0.02x):

t = x + 0.02x

Simplifying, we get:

t = 1.02x

Therefore, the equation that shows the relationship between the school taxes before and after a 2% increase is:

t = 1.02x