Question

John goes to a restaurant and has a bill of $ 32. 57. He uses a 10% off coupon on the cost of his meal. The tax is 8%. He leaves a tip of 18% on the amount before the coupon or tax is applied. How much does he spend?

Answer 1

$37.51

Explanation:

Original cost of meal is $32.57.

Since he has a coupon for 10% off, he pays for 90% of the cost of the meal.

90% of $32.57 = 0.9 * $32.57 = $29.31

Now he pays tax on the new discounted total. Let the new total be called 100%. Since he pays 8% tax, he needs to pay 108% of the new total.

108% of $29.31 = 1.08 * $29.31 = $31.65

He adds a tip of 18% of $32.57.

The tip amount is

18% of $32.57 = 0.18 * $32.57 = $5.86

The total is: $31.65 + $5.86 = $37.51

Answer 2

Answer: $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
`(10)/(100)=0.1`. Now do
`0.1 *32.57=$3.26`. This is the discount, so you want to subtract this from the original to get the actual price of the meal,
`32.57-3.26=29.31dollars`.

The tax was 8% so this means he is adding it to his total cost instead of subtracting it. Do 0.08 of $29.31 to get $2.34. Add $2.34 to the now $29.31 to get $31.69.

The tip is also adding to the total cost, so do 0.18 of $29.31 to get $5.28. Add $5.28 to $31.69 to get $36.97