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If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is $65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone? 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.
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- $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
- 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
- (1 + .15 ) x = 65.32 x = 65.32 / 1.15 = 56.80
- Meal Alone=65.32*.85=55.52
