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If you leave a $10.50 tip for the waiter on a meal that cost $58.25, what percent tip did you leave? 12% 18% 6% 3%

User HyperN
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The percentage is 18%.
You must take the tip over the amount the meal costed.

10.50 / 58.25
This then equals about 0.18 which when converted into a percentage is 18%
User Kostas Demiris
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That would be (10.50 / 58.25) * 100

= 18% answer

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