Extending airtunes on the cheap? Can I bridge A.Express w/ Share Internet?

My father-in-law wants to know if he can plug the router straight into his new iMac, setup share internet in system prefs, and then use the airport express to extend the coverage area just like you would if you had an airport extreme and and express.
Links and tutorials are appreciated. Thanks!

This should work... I'm
1. Connect the modem to the iMac
2. Under System Preferences, go to Sharing
3. Check "Internet Sharing"
4. Select Share your internet connection from Ethernet
This is where the water gets murky since I'm on this forum with an Airport Express that's been acting up...
5. Plug your Airport Express (AE) to where you want it, make sure its in the factory default state (you can look at up if you don't know how)
6. Connect to it via wifi from your iMac (while its still connected via ethernet cable to your cable modem)
7. Proceed to set it up with Airport Utility
8. Follow directions to set it up as a network extender (you can also look around for that on Apple's Support website)

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