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The cost of Angie and Joe's dinner was $62.92. They want to leave a 15% tip. Which of thefollowing is the closest to the amount of the tip they want to leave?$9.50$9.00$12.50$13.00

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If the cost of the dinner was $62.92, and they are trying to leave a tip that is 15%, then we have to :

1) first write the math form of 15% (so we can use it to calculate the answer) and that is: 15/100 = 0.15

2) multiply the amount they spent for dinner by the number we got in the step above. This is because 15% of $62.92 can be translated in math terms as:

15% times 62.92 = 0.15 times 62.92 = 9.438

Therefore, the closest they can go to this numer is : $9.50

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