Question

Brendon Butterworth brought a present for his mother. He spent $28 plus 8% sales tax. Find the total cost of the present. Can Somebody show me the process of figuring out questions like this one?

Answer 1

sure

Answer 2

method one
find 8% of 28 and add to 28
you get \[.08\times 28=2.24\] and
\[28+2.24=30.24\]

Answer 3

method 2 multiply 28 by 1.08 to get
\[28\times 1.08=30.24\] second method best if you have a calculator

Answer 4

Thank you that really helped!