While shopping, Megan and her friend Rylie find a pair of boots on sale for 25% off the original price. Megan calculates the final cost of the boots by first deducting the 25% and then adding the 6% sales tax. Rylie thinks Megan will pay less if she pays the 6% sales tax first and then takes the 25% discount.

a. Write an expression to represent each girl’s scenario if the original price of the boots was dollars.

b. Evaluate each expression if the boots originally cost $200.

c. Who was right? Explain how you know.

d. Explain how both girls’ expressions are equivalent.

correct answer is c. just did it

step-by-step explanation:

57.09 minus 7.0435 equals

step-by-step explanation:

just subtrach them both and u get the answer of 50.0465

yes

step-by-step explanation:

so of course you want to start by plugging the 5 in which goes to 7(5)+3(5)=50 because 7*5=35 and 3*5=15 and then add them together, then plug in the 5 to the other equation as well 9(5)+5=50 because 9*5= 45 and then add 5 and so yes they are equivalent.

question: use the following table of a school bus during morning pickups to calculate its average speed between 2.8 km and 4.2 km

answer: 42 km/h

explanation: 1.4/0.033 42.42424 = 42 km/h

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