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Estimate a 15% tip on a dinner bill of $67.42 by first rounding the bill amount to the nearest ten dollars.

User Karthik N
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Answer:

$10.50 is the tip on a dinner bill.

Explanation:

The first step is to round off $67.42. It is closer to 70 than 60, therefore it is 70.

Secondly, 10% of 70 is 7.

5% of 7 is 3.5.

*Notice that 10% and 5% equals 15%.

Add 7 + 3.5 = 10.5 or $10.50

User Marco Weber
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Answer:

4.5

Explanation:

67.42 rounded to the nearest 10 of 67.5,then divide that by 15,hopethis is what you were looking for

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