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At a restaurant, Trenton gets a bill that is $14 for the food plus a 3% sales tax. Trenton decides to tip 18% on the total bill. How much will Trenton pay in total?

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Answer:

$17.02

Explanation:

You want to know the total bill when 3% sales tax is added to a $14 bill, and an 18% tip is added to that total.

With tax

The amount with tax is ...

$14.00(1 +.03) = $14.42

With tip

The amount of the tip is ...

$14.42 × 0.18 ≈ $2.60

Adding the tip brings the total to ...

$14.42 +2.60 = $17.02

Trenton will pay $17.02 in total.

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Additional comment

We get the same result here by multiplying the food amount by (1.03·1.18). Sometimes rounding intermediate values will change the total by a penny or so.

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