SOLUTION: If a client wants to spend Total of $25.00 on food, including the tax (7.75%) and the tip (20%), what is the price of the food alone. Is there some sort of an equation or a formul

Question 153467: If a client wants to spend Total of $25.00 on food, including the tax (7.75%) and the tip (20%), what is the price of the food alone. Is there some sort of an equation or a formula?

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a bit fuzzy as problems go. Is the tip 20% of the original bill, or 20% of the bill after the tax?
Let's assume it is 20% of the original bill.
Then the total cost is given as $25.
The tax is 7.75% of the CostOfFood =
The tip is 20% of the CostOfFood =
The total cost is

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