Question

The sales tax rate in El Paso, TX is 6.25%. Morris wants to buy a coat with a $56.00 price tag. He has a gift card to the store he wants to use. Create a proportionor equation. Use x for your variable.

Answer 1

Data:

Tax: T

Price tag: P

Total cost: x

Gift card: G

T=6.25/100

P=$56.00

The total cost will be:

x will be equal to the cost of the coat plus the tax (6.25 of the ccost of the coat) less the gift card.

$x=P+TP-G$$x=56.00+56.00(\frac{6.25}{100})-G$$x=56.00+\frac{7.00}{2}-G$$x=\frac{119.00}{2}-G$$x=59.5-G$