If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is $65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone?
2007-10-02 16:42:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is $65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone?
Need to show my work and am totally stuck.
2007-10-02 16:43:30 · update #1
$65.32 divided by 1.15 which equals $56.80
in other words:
X + .15X = 65.32
1.15X = 65.32
X = 65.32 / 1.15 = 56.80
2007-10-02 17:05:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meal Alone=65.32*.85=55.52
2007-10-03 04:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by ann m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so the bill plus 15% of that bill equals $65.32.
Lets call the amount of the bill X to make an equation.
X + 15%X = 65.32
or
X + ( .15X ) = 65.32.
simplifies to
1.15X = 65.32
now if you get X on one side of the equation by itself, it will give you the answer.
solve for X by dividing both sides of the equation by 1.15
now the rest is up to you ...good luck
2007-10-03 00:07:31 · answer #3 · answered by JoDi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(1 + .15 ) x = 65.32
x = 65.32 / 1.15 = 56.80
2007-10-03 00:14:39 · answer #4 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋