Question

Joshua is planning to make a large consumer purchase. If the item costs x dollars in his home state of West Virginia, where the tax rate is 6%, the function f(x) = 0.06x + x represents his total costs. Write a function g(x) to represent Joshua’s total costs if he decides to make the purchase in his neighboring state of Virginia, where the tax rate is 5%. How will the graph of g(x) differ from f(x)?

Answer 1

Answer:

g(x)=.05x+x

The graphs will be very similar but f(x) first one should increase a little faster

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