Question

For Emily’s birthday, her father treated her and five friends to a dinner at a restaurant at the mall. Emily and her friends ordered three pizza dinners at $6.25 each and three chicken baskets at $7.50 each. All six people ordered soft drinks costing $1.25 each. The sales tax on the meal was 4.5%, and the tip was 15%. What was the total cost of the meal, including the sales tax and the tip?

Answer 1

$58.58

Explanation:

the meal was $48.75

the tax was 4.5%

Multiply 48.75 by 4.5 as a decimal to do this divide 4.5 by 100 = 0.045

48.75 x 0.045 = 2.19375 round to the nearest hundreth = 2.19

48.75 + 2.19 = 50.94

tip on tax = 58.58

Answer 2

6.25 times 3 is 18.75
7.50 times 3 is 22.5
1.25 times 6 is 7.5
Add those and you get 48.75.
48.75 times .045 is 2.19
48.75 times .15 is 7.31.
Add the tax and tip to the value, you get $58.25.