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

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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(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.