SOLUTION: After dinner, Amanda, Trey and John received the check for their meal. Trey is paying 1/4 of the check and leaving no tip. Amanda is paying the remainder of the check. John is leav
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Question 624259: After dinner, Amanda, Trey and John received the check for their meal. Trey is paying 1/4 of the check and leaving no tip. Amanda is paying the remainder of the check. John is leaving 20% of the check as a tip. Using C as the amount of the check, match each person with an appropriate algebraic expression. Match the answers.
Answer
0.2C
0.75C
0.25C
C + 0.2C
Answer
A. Trey's payment
B. No match
C. John's payment
D. Amanda's payment
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/4 is the same thing as 25%; if you take away 1/4, that leaves 3/4 which is the same thing as 75%. To change a percent to a decimal, move the decimal point two places to the left.
John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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