Question

Please help me again.. haha 7th grade math..

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

32.57x0.1=cost of meal after coupon
Cost of meal after coupon x 0.08=xx
Take that last total and multiply 0.18
Then, add that total to cost of meal after coupon and tax

Answer 2

$36.97

Explanation:

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