Question

Charles went to a restaurant for dinner and paid a tip of 15% on the total bill amount. He then had an ice cream that cost $13 less than the total restaurant bill excluding the tip.

If he spent $43 in all, how much was the total restaurant bill excluding the tip?

A.

$13.95

B.

$26.05

C.

$48.69

D.

$24.89

Answer 1

B. $26.05

Explanation:

Since this was a multiple choice question, I used process of elimination. I got rid of A because $13.95 - the ice cream ($13) would be no where near $43. For B, i did ($26.05) + ($26.05 - $13) which equals $39.10 and then i did ($39.10 + ($26.06 x 0.15) and that gave me $43 in all.