Question

Camacho is buying a monster truck. The price of the truck is xxx dollars, and he also has to pay a 13\%13%13, percent monster truck tax. Match the expressions to their meanings. Each meaning may match more than one expression. The price of Camacho’s new truck before tax The amount of tax Camacho pays Camacho’s total bill for the monster truck None of these 0.13x0.13x0, point, 13, x x + 0.13x+0.13x, plus, 0, point, 13 1.13x1.13x1, point, 13, x xxx x + 1.13x+1.13x, plus, 1, point, 13 0.87x0.87x0, point, 87, x x + 0.13xx+0.13xx, plus, 0, point, 13, x

Answer 1

Although the information has been presented in a baffling way in this question, but I think I understood the expressions.

We have been given that price of monster truck is x dollars and there is an 13% monster truck tax.

We can express the monster truck tax amount as$\frac{13}{100}\times x = 0.13x$.

Therefore, the total amount including tax will be $x+0.13x = 1.13x$.

We can now match each statement with its equivalent expression as shown below

The price of Camacho’s new truck before tax  = x

The amount of tax Camacho pays = 0.13x

Camacho’s total bill for the monster truck = 1.13x

None of these = 0.87x