Question

the meal cost 54.65 the sales tax is 8% of the meal the tip was 18% of the meal and tax there are 5 people in the holcombe family what was the cost per person for the meal

Answer 1

The answer is 10.93

Step by step explanation

Answer 2

Explanation:

total meal cost = meal cost + tax cost + tip cost

`(8)/(100) *54.65 = cost of sales tax\\(18)/(100) * 54.65 = tip cost\\cost of sales tax = .08 * 54.65 = 4.372\\tip cost = .18 * 54.65 = 9.837\\\\total cost = 54.65 + 4.372 + 9.837 = 68.859\\\\since we have 5 members\\\\individual cost = total cost / 5\\=68.859/5\\=13.7718`