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Enrique took his brother out

to dinner to celebrate. He
decided to leave a 25% tip
because the service was
excellent. The tip was
$18.10. How much was the
original bill?

User Adergaard
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Answer:

72.4$

Explanation:

We can use cross multiplication here


(18.10)/(originalbill) = (25)/(100)

18.10 x 100 = 25 x original bill

1810 = 25 x original bill

72.4 = original bill

User Blejwi
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