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At a restaurant, Trevor decides to tip the server 16% of the bill. If he leaves a $4.00 tip, which proportion could be used to find how much the bill was for?

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Answer:

16% of x = 4 or 0.16x = 4

Explanation:

Let the amount of the restaurant bill is $x.

Now we know Trevor leaves 16% of the bill as a tip

Therefore, amount of tip will be 16% of x

this amount is $4.

So equation for this situation will be

16% of x = 4 or 0.16x = 4

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