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the bill for dinner was $80.82 you left $19.18 for the tip. what percentage of the original bill was the tip? round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

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Let be "x" the percentage of the original bill that you left for the tip.

You know that the dinner cost $80.82; then, that represents the 100%.

Knowing that the amount of money you left for the tip was $19.18, you can set up the following proportion:


(100)/(80.82)=(x)/(19.18)

Now you can solve for "x" in order to find its value:


\begin{gathered} (19.18)((100)/(80.82))=x \\ \\ (1918)/(80.82)=x \\ \\ x\approx24 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the answer is: About 24%

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