SOLUTION: If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is $65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone? how do i go about solving this HELP

Question 68544: If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is
$65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone?
how do i go about solving this HELP
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, rmromero:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The meal plus tip is %115 of the cost of the meal

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Answer by rmromero(383) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is
$65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone?
how do i go about solving this HELP

What is asked in the problem?
What was the cost of the meal alone?

Given:
The total bill with 15% tip is $65.32.

Representation
Let x = cost of the meal alone
.15x = the tip

Equation
x + .15x = $65.32
1.15x = 65.32

x = $56.80 cost of the meal alone

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