Question

Michelle, lori, and patti buy lunch together. The total bill was $45. If michelle pays 35% of the total bill and lori pays 48% of the bill, how much of the total bill will patti pay

Answer 1

17% of the bill

Explanation:

Well to find the answer to this question we first have to add 35 + 48 to get the total percent of the bill that Michelle and Lori paid.

35 + 48 = 83%

now that we know the percent of the bill that Lori and Michelle are paying we have to subtract that amount by 100% to get the percent of the bill that Patti is paying.

100% - 83% = 17%

So Patti is paying 17% of the bill

If we wanted to go even farther and find out what 17% of the bill was all we would have to do is multiply 45 by 17% or 45 x 0.17

45 x 0.17 = 7.65

So Patti is paying 7 dollars and 65 cents