Question

Mrs. Rodriguez wants to pay her restaurant bill which is $24.00. A 6% tax is added by the waitress. If Mrs. Rodriguez wants to leave a 20% tip on the total including the tax, how much should she pay?

Answer 1

≅ $30.53

Explanation:

I got this by first multiplying .06, the decimal form of 6%, by $24. That gave me the answer of $1.44. Once I had that I added it to the original price of $24.44. $25.44. Once I did that, I then multiplied .20, the decimal form of 20%, to the new total of $25.44, then added it to the total so that I could get a grand total of $30.528. Once I had this all I had to do was simply round to the hundredths place. So I got a grand total of $30.53.

Answer 2

$30.53

Explanation:

First, find the tax. To do this, first convert the percentages to decimals.

6% = 0.06

20% = 0.2

Now, multiply the bill by the decimal to find the tax.

24 × 0.06 = 1.44

Add this to the bill to find the total.

24 + 1.44 = 25.44

Now that you have the total, multiply the total by the decimal to find the tip.

25.44 × 0.2 = 5.088 = 5.09

Add this tip to the total to find how much Mrs. Rodriguez should pay.

25.44 + 5.09 = 30.53

The total is $30.53.