Question

For each table Ariella waits on at a restaurant, she is paid $4.00 plus 18% of the total bill. Let b represent the amount of the total bill and let m represent the total amount of money Ariella earns.

Write an equation that could be used to find the total amount of money

Answer 1

m = 4 + 0.18b

Explanation:

So, we are looking to find the total amount of money that Ariella earns.

$4.00 is what she initially gets paid.

plus 18%, 18 / 100 = 0.18

then b is the amount of total bill

so, we multiply the amount of percentage which is 18% to the amount of total bill which is b to get what she additionally earns after the customers paid the bill.

so initial pay is $4 + 18% which is 0.18 multiply to b, b represents the total bill.

$4 + 0.18b = m