SOLUTION: Working as a a waiter, Tom made $157.50 in tips. Assuming that every customer tipped 15% of the cost of the meal, find the cost of all the meals that Tom served.

Question 761925: Working as a a waiter, Tom made $157.50 in tips. Assuming that every customer tipped 15% of the cost of the meal, find the cost of all the meals that Tom served.
Found 2 solutions by Cromlix, MathTherapy:
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
15% of $157.50 = $23.63
$157.50 - $23.63 = $133.87
So, $133.87 is the cost of all the meals.
Hope this helps.
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Working as a a waiter, Tom made $157.50 in tips. Assuming that every customer tipped 15% of the cost of the meal, find the cost of all the meals that Tom served.

Cost of meals = , or $

You can do the check!!

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