Question

You decide to go to dinner with three friends. Before the check comes, the group decides to split the check evenly. The total check is $134.50. As a group you decide to tip the waiter 15% on top of the total check amount. How much money should each friend pay, including tip? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Adding the tip to the bill gives us a total bill of $134.50+$26.90=$161.40. Because each friend agreed to split the total bill evenly, we take the total and divide it by 4. Therefore, $161.40/4=$40.35. First, we must calculate the tip amount to add to the total bill. To find the tip, multiply 20% times the total bill amount.

Question

You decide to go to dinner with three friends. Before the check comes, the group decides to split the check evenly. The total check is $134.50. As a group you decide to tip the waiter 20% on top of the total check amount. How much money should you and each friend pay, including tip? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Correct answers:

40.35$

Answer 2

`\$38.67`

Explanation:

Let

x------> The money each friend must pay, including the tip

we know that

`100\%+15\%=115 \%=115/100=1.15`

so

`x=\$134.50*(1.15)/4`

`x=\$38.67`