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A restaurant customer left 1.10​$ as a tip. The tax was 6% and the tip was 10​% of the cost including tax.

a. Which information is not needed to compute the bill after tax and​ tip?

b. What was the total​ bill?

A restaurant customer left 1.10​$ as a tip. The tax was 6% and the tip was 10​% of-example-1
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Answer:

a) not needed: C. the tax was 6%

b) $12.10

Explanation:

You want the total bill including tax and tip, given that the tax was 6% and the tip was $1.10, which was 10% of the after-tax amount.

a) Not needed

To compute the total bill, we only need to know the tip percent and the amount on which the tip is computed. Here, the tip is computed after tax is added, so we do not need to know the tax rate.

b) Total bill

From the tip amount, we know ...

bill with tax · 10% = $1.10

Solving for the bill with tax, we find ...

bill with tax = $1.10/0.10 = $11.00

Then the total bill is ...

total bill = bill with tax + tip

total bill = $11.00 + 1.10 = $12.10

The total bill was $12.10.

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