Question

You purchase three $0.89 candy bars and you hand the cashier a $5 bill. You then tell them to keep the change as a tip. What percent tip did you leave? * 82.1% 91.4% 87.3% 89.9

Answer 1

87.3% (third option)

Explanation:

You purchased three candy bars, and each candy bar costs $0.89, so the total cost was 3 * 0.89 = $2.67.

If you handed a $5 bill, the change will be the difference between $5 and $2.67:

Change = 5 - 2.67 = $2.33

The change was $2.33, and the cost was $2.67, so the percent tip was:

2.33 / 2.67 = 0.873 = 87.3%