Question

you have $27.35 to spend on video games. The sales tax os 4%. Write an equation thqt represents this situation. Let x represent the most the video games can cost.

Answer 1

x: cost of the videogames

given that the tax is 4%, you have to pay a 4% extra, that is:

tax = price*4% = price*0.04

Then, the total cost is:

total cost = cost of the videogames + tax

total cost = x + x*0.04

total cost = x + x*0.04