Question

You just went on a blind date and wanted to impress the girl by adding an 18% tip to the total cost of the meal. Two dinners came to a total of $35.90. Desserts cost $7.50 and beverages cost $6.60. What is the 18% tip going to cost?

Answer 1

the answer is 9.00

Explanation:

Add all the courses to get the total cost of the meal:

Total cost = $35.90 + $7.50 + $6.60 = $50.00

Get 18% of the total, to compute the tip to be paid:

$50(18%) = $50(.18) = $9.00

Answer 2

so find total
35+7.5+6.6=49.1

18% of 49.1=0.18 times 49.1=8.838 round
tip=$8.84