Question

The George family ate out at a restaurant and wants to leave a 15% tip. Their meal cost $42.00 before tip. How much will they pay for their meal, including tip?

Answer 1

They will pay `$48.30` for their meal including tip.

Explanation:

So let convert 15% to a decimal value before we start solving anything. So you simply divide 15 over 100 like this: `15/100` which gives you 0.15.

So to find out how much tip they are giving, you multiply 0.15 by 42.00. Here is what I am saying shown below:

`0.15*42.00=?`

So let compute that by plugging that into the calculator which we get `$6.3`.

Now, we can add that back to the meal cost as shown below:

`42.00+6.30=?`

Our final answer is: `$48.3`