Question

Conor is going to the movie. A ticket to a movie cost t dollars and there is a 15% amusement tax on each ticket. Write two expressing the term of the showing his total cost

Answer 1

The first expression is t + 0.15t. This represents the cost of the ticket plus the 15% amusement tax on the ticket.

The second expression is 1.15t. This represents the ticket cost plus the 15% amusement tax directly applied to the ticket cost.