Randall, a financial consultant, is preparing a spreadsheet for a future client. The client is thinking about hiring Randall to invest his money. Randall wants to make sure that the future client understands how his money will grow. He decides to create a display of how the client’s investment will grow. Which of the following expressions is a correct way for Randall to compute the value of x increased by 45%?   A. x + 45%   B. 0.45x   C. 0.55x   D. x − 0.45   E. 1.45x

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Randall, a financial consultant, is preparing a spreadsheet for a future client. The client is thinking about hiring Randall to invest his money. Randall wants to make sure that the future client understands how his money will grow. He decides to create a display of how the client’s investment will grow. Which of the following expressions is a correct way for Randall to compute the value of x increased by 45%?

  A.

x + 45%

  B.

0.45x

  C.

0.55x

  D.

x − 0.45

  E.

1.45x

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