document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=255569>Question 255569</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to find the total cost.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A meal is $32 with 5% sales tax and 20% tip. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A meal is $32 with 5% sales tax and 20% tip.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A meal is $32.   So now you have to take 5% of that meal, which means you convert 5 percent to a decimal.  To change 5.0% to a decimal, you move the decimal two places to the left.  So 5.0% becomes:  .05 as a decimal.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's multiply: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=32+%2A+.05+=+1.60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"32+%2A+.05+=+1.60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   Therefore, the tax on the meal was $1.60.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's figure a 20% tip.  You have to take 20% of the meal, which again means you have to convert a percentage (in this case 20%) to a decimal.  To change 20.0% to a decimal, you move the decimal two places to the left.  So, 20.0% becomes:  .20 as a decimal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let's multiply again:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=32+%2A+.20+=+6.40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"32+%2A+.20+=+6.40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  Therefore, the tip for the meal was $6.40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we just add all this up:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$32.00 (cost of meal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     1.60 (5% tax)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     6.40 (20% tip)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$40.00 TOTAL\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope this was helpful. :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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