Question

Daniel goes out to lunch. The bill, before tax and tip, was $14.20. A sales tax of 8% was added on. Daniel tipped 24% on the amount after the sales tax was added. What was the total cost of the meal, plus tax and tip? Round to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

To determine the total cost of Daniel's meal including tax and tip, calculate 8% sales tax on the original bill and add it to obtain a subtotal, then calculate a 24% tip on the subtotal and add it to get the total cost. The total cost of Daniel's meal comes to $19.02.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the total cost of Daniel's meal, we must add both the sales tax and the tip to the original amount of

$14.20.

Finding the Sales Tax

First, we calculate the sales tax by converting the percentage to a decimal.

Sales tax = $14.20 × 8% = $14.20 × 0.08 = $1.136

Sales tax (rounded to the nearest cent) = $1.14

Add this sales tax to the original bill to find the new subtotal.

Subtotal = $14.20 + $1.14 = $15.34

Calculating the Tip

Next, we calculate the tip based on the subtotal after the addition of the sales tax.

Tip = $15.34 × 24% = $15.34 × 0.24 = $3.6816

Tip (rounded to the nearest cent) = $3.68

Add the tip to the subtotal to get the total cost of the meal.

Total cost = Subtotal + Tip = $15.34 + $3.68 = $19.02