SOLUTION: The total for a meal including a 20% tip is $24.96. What was the price of the meal BEFORE the tip was added?

SOLUTION: The total for a meal including a 20% tip is $24.96. What was the price of the meal BEFORE the tip was added?

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Question 737959: The total for a meal including a 20% tip is $24.96. What was the price of the meal BEFORE the tip was added?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's set up an equation using x for the price of the meal as:
x + .20x = 24.96
Combine like terms and divide by 1.20 to get:
x=20.80
There we go. We know the price of the meal is $20.80
Make sense?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
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