An item costs x dollars. The tax rate is 5% of the cost of the item, or .05x. Write and simplify an expression to find the total cost.

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Answer:

1.05x

Explanation:

The total cost of an item is the sum of original price and the tax on it.

x+0.05x=1.05x

Seiya answered Feb 23, 2021

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