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Describe two methods for finding the total price of a bill that includes a 20 tip

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one method that I use often is to bounce the decimal point over and multiply by 2. ex/ total is 23.52, bounce the decimal between the 2 and 3 to get 2.30 then multiply by 2 giving you 4.60.


or take the total 23.52 and multiply it by .20 which will give you 4.70
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