Ethan went shopping for a new video game. Sales tax where he lives is 6%. If the price of the video game is pp dollars and cents, which expression represents the total price plus tax?

Answer 1

To calculate the total price of the video game including sales tax, we can start with the price of the video game, denoted as \( p \) dollars and cents. The sales tax is 6%, which means we can represent this as a decimal by converting 6% to 0.06.

To find the total price after including sales tax, we can use the following steps:

1. Calculate the sales tax amount: \( 0.06p \).
2. Add the sales tax to the original price: \( p + 0.06p \).

This can be simplified further:

\[ p + 0.06p = (1 + 0.06)p = 1.06p \]

Therefore, the expression that represents the total price plus tax is:

\[ 1.06p \]