SOLUTION: A patron tips 21%. The total cost of bill including tip is $52.03. How much was the cost of the bill before the tip?

Question 869724: A patron tips 21%. The total cost of bill including tip is $52.03. How much was the cost of the bill before the tip?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = the cost of the bill before the tip

21% of the bill is the same as 0.21x

Add this to the bill to get x+0.21x = 1.21x

So the total bill (meal+tip) is 1.21x and this is equal to 52.03. Set the two equal and solve for x

1.21x = 52.03

x = 52.03/1.21

x = 43

The original bill (without tip) is $43
RELATED QUESTIONS
Frances left a 23% tip on his meal. Including the tip, the bill cost $61.50. How much was (answered by stanbon)

At a restaurant, your total bill including tip was $49.50. If you tipped the server 15%... (answered by rfer,lynnlo)

Frances left a 21% tip on a meal. Including the tip it's cost was $25.41. What was the... (answered by Alan3354)

Brandon eats at a restaurant and the cost of his meal is $35.00. He would like to leave a (answered by lenny460)

maria took a group of clients out to dinner, and the total bill was $227.68 including... (answered by Mathtut)

Maria took a group of clients out to dinner, and the bill was $227.68 including tax.If... (answered by nerdybill)

Solve the equation. If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is $65.32, (answered by mszlmb)

If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is $65.32, what was the cost of... (answered by AnlytcPhil)

If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is $65.32, what was the cost of... (answered by mukhopadhyay)