Question

Students running a food drive have collected their goal amount of canned goods. Over the weekend, volunteers collect an additional 18% of the goal. Write an expression to represent the total percentage of their goal collected in two different ways.

Answer 1

Answer:

$Expression = x + 18x\%$

$Expression = 1.18x$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Represent their goal with x

Additional = 18%

Required

Write two expressions to describe the total percentage

The expression is derived using:

$Expression = Goal + Additional$

This gives:

$Expression = x + 18\% * x$

$Expression = x + 18x\%$

Solving further (Express percentage as decimal)

$Expression = x + 0.18x$

$Expression = 1.18x$