SOLUTION: a farmer grew x pounds of rice last year. This year, she grew 8% more rice than she grew last year. which expression represent the number of pounds of rice that the farmer grew thi

Question 1137194: a farmer grew x pounds of rice last year. This year, she grew 8% more rice than she grew last year. which expression represent the number of pounds of rice that the farmer grew this year?

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Answer by ikleyn(52790)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This year the rice harvest y = (1 + 0.08)*x = 1.08x pounds, where x is the previous year rice harvest (in pounds).

Ignore the answer by @josgaritmetic " 1.8x ", since it is   W R O N G.

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