Question

If their food and beverages cost $25.30 and there is an 8% meals tax, how much is the bill? Enter your answer to the nearest cent.

After adding a tip, the total lunch cost was $32.24. What percentage tip did they give? Enter your answer to the nearest percentage.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Calculate the tip percentage.

To find the tip percentage, we divide the tip amount by the cost of the food and beverages and then multiply by 100.

($4.92 / $27.32) * 100 ≈ 18%

Therefore, they gave a tip of approximately 18% of the cost of the food and beverages.