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?

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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?

anonymous · Answer

sure

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

Thank you that really helped!