caromaybelline71
caromaybelline71
19.11.2020 • 
Mathematics

PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION I WILL GIVE YOU BRAINLIEST,5 STAR RATING, AND A HEART. A dress cost p dollars. An 8% sales tax must be added to the dress. Martha wants to multiply the cost of the dress by 0.08 to find the tax and then add it to the cost of the dress. Esther thinks that the cost of the dress should be multiplied by 1.08. The expressions for the two methods are shown below.

Martha: p+0.08p

Esther: 1.08p

Are the two expressions equivalent? Explain.

What does this mean in terms of the methods outlined by Martha and Esther?

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