Question

Mrs. Blake's bill at a restaurant was $172.75. She wants to leave the waiter a 16% tip. There is also a 7.5% sales tax. Write an equation and solve for the total bill amount.

Answer 1

$213.35

Explanation:

1. Find the tip: 172.75*0.16 = 27.64
2. Find the sales tax: 172.75*0.075 = 12.95625 which you can round to 12.96
3. total bill = sales tax + tip + original bill
4. plug in to the equation above and get total bill = $213.35