SOLUTION: 4. Sarah left a 15% tip of $4.65 for a meal. What was the cost of the meal before the tip?

Question 128090: 4. Sarah left a 15% tip of $4.65 for a meal.
What was the cost of the meal before the tip?
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, Earlsdon:
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.15x=4.65
x=4.65/.15
x=$31.00
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = the cost of the meal before the tip.
15% (0.15) of the cost of the meal (x) is $4.65

The cost of the meal before the tip was $31.00
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