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A waitress makes $2.15 per hour, plus tips. She estimates that her tips for a shift will total 20% of the total of her customers' receipts, r. If she works a 10 hour shift, which expression represents her expected pay for that shift?

$21.50 + .2r
$2.15 + .2r
$2.35r
$23.50r

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21.50 is your answer. If you use the equation / 2.15 (1 + 0.2)10 it'll give you 21.5
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