100% = 1.00 is the cost of the jeans itself
6% = 0.06 is the sales tax to be added
let "cost of jeans" be represented by x
so you will get an expression
(1.00 + 0.06) x + 8.95 = Total Cost
The answer is Ben grew 5/8 longer between his 12 and 13 birthdays
A term is a number or variable in a math sentence (such as an expression or equation).
Example:
a + 2b + c + 5
5 is a constant; a,b, c are all variables.
The answer is 2n - 1 = 12
Hope that helps!
the answer to your question is x= -2