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< Grade 7 Math - Expressions, equations, and inequalities

Interpreting linear expressions

Handsome Jack is buying a pony made of diamonds. The price of the pony is PP dollars, and Jack also has to pay a 25%25\% diamond pony tax. There are different ways of thinking about how to calculate Jack's total bill.
Match the expressions to their meanings.
 
Find the dollar amount of the tax, then add it to the price before tax
Find the percent of the original price Jack has to pay, then convert the percent to a decimal and multiply to get the final price
Neither of these
0.25P0.25P
P+0.25PP + 0.25P
P+0.25P + 0.25
1.25P1.25P