Question

if the tax that you pay when you purchase an item is 12% of the sale price, write an expression that gives the tax on the item with a price p. write another expression that gives the total price ofthe item, including tax.
- what opperations are involved in th exppression you wrote
-determine the total price, including tax, of an item that costs 75.
-explaim how the oder of opperation helped you solve this problem.

Answer 1

.12p=sales tax

(p+.12p)= purchase price with tax

I'll let you finish the problem.