Question

Timothy bought groceries two days during the week: • Timothy purchased $11.25 worth of groceries and paid $12.15 after taxes on Monday • Timothy paid $59.13 after taxes on a purchase of groceries that cost $54.75 on Friday Which equation models the relationship between the cost of groceries after taxes, and the cost of groceries before taxes?​

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Timothy purchased $11.25 worth of groceries and paid $12.15 after taxes on Monday.

We would solve this using direct proportion.

y = kx.

12.15 = 11.25k

k = 12.15 / 11.25

k = 1.08

Timothy paid $59.13 after taxes on a purchase of groceries that cost $54.75 on Friday.

y = kx.

59.13 = 54.75k

k = 59.13 / 54.75

k = 1.08

The equation that models the relationship will be:

y = 1.08x