Question

≥ bought a pair of shoes for $60 and s pair of socks for $10 per pair. She paid sales tax of 7% for her purchase. The total amount she paid, in dollars, including tax is described by the expression below. 1.07(60 + 10s)In the expression, what does 10s represent?In the expression what does 1.07 represent?In the expression, what does 60 represent?

Answer 1

Pair of shoes: $60

Pair of socks: $10

Sale tax: 7%

Expression for the total amount paid: 1.07(60 + 10s)

So, the total amount paid is equal to the sum of the cost of 1 pair of shoes (60) and the product of the price of one pair of socks (10) and the number of socks (s); All multiplied by the sale tax increase in decimal form (100+7/100=1.07)

So:

s represents the number of socks.

1.07 represents the sale tax increase

60 represents the cost of one pair of shoes