Question

Drew's neighbor pays him $35 to mow

her lawn and she always gives him a 20%
tip. He decides to mow the lawn with his
friend and split the earnings evenly. How
much will each of them make?

Answer 1

$ 21

Explanation:

Answer 2

Not Split: 42.00. Split: 21.00 each.

Explanation:

Step 1: Find tip. To find the tip, you have to put the percent of the tip into decimal form and then multiply that by the bill. I made a formula for this: b * t = WT. The WT stands for Whole Number Tip. For this question, Multiply 35.00 * 0.20 = 7.

The tip is 7 dollars.

Step 2: Add the bill and tip together: 35.00 + 7.00 = 42.00

Step 3: (This may not apply to all questions like this.) Divide the sum of the tip and bill by 2 because 2 people are mowing the lawn. 42.00 / 2 = 21.00.