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Clayton left a 15% tip for the waitress. If the amount of the tip was $3.30, how much was the bill before the tip?

Clayton left a 15% tip for the waitress. If the amount of the tip was $3.30, how much was the bill before the tip?
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Clayton left a 15% tip for the waitress. If the amount of the tip was $3.30, how much was the bill before the tip?

User Nurisezgin
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The amount is $22.00
User Astrus
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Begin by setting up a proportion.
3.3 x
15 100
Cross multiply.
3.3*100 is 330
330/15 is 22
The bill was $22 before the tip

User Manish Parakhiya
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