Question

Mr. Jubran goes to a restaurant and has a bill of $32.57. He uses a 10% off coupon

on the cost of the meal. The tax is 8%. He leaves a tip of 18% on the amount
before the coupon or tax applied. How much does he spend?

Answer 1

$36.97

The cost of the meal was $32.57 and he used a 10% off coupon. You can make 10% equal to 0.1 because . Now do . This is the discount, so you want to subtract this from the original to get the actual price of the meal, .

The tax was 8% so this means he is adding