Question

1. Lupita purchased a new ball gown to wear to the prom. The expression 0.06g represents the sales tax on the gown price, g. Write the simplest form of an expression in terms of g to represent the total amount that Lupita spent on the gown, including tax.

Answer 1

The expression for the total amount that Lupita paid for the gown would be 1.06g.

The amount of the tax is 0.06g and the cost of the g is just 1g. If we add the two expressions together will will get the total amount paid.

0.06g + 1g = 1.06g