Question

Tomas is leaving a tip of 18% of his original bill. If the amount of the tip is $2.34, what is the amount of the original bill? Do not place a dollar sign as it will not be needed for this question.

Answer 1

Explanation

We are given the following information:

• Tomas is leaving a tip of 18% of his original bill.

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• The amount of his tip is $2.34.

We are required to determine the amount of the original bill.

This can be calculated as:

`\begin{gathered} Tip=18\%\text{ }of\text{ }Original\text{ }bill \\ 2.34=18\%* Original\text{ }bill \\ 2.34=0.18* Original\text{ }bill \\ Original\text{ }bill=(2.34)/(0.18)=13 \end{gathered}`

Hence, the amount of the original bill is $13.