document.write( "Question 78744: if the total bill at a restaurant, cincluding a 15% tip, is $65.32, what ws the cost of the meal \n" ); document.write( "

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If you are handed the bill for the meal and the cost is x, if you tip 15% you multiply
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\n" ); document.write( "This sums to 1.15x. And the problem tells you that this amount equals $65.32. In equation
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"1.15x+=+65.32\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve this equation by dividing both sides by the multiplier of x which is 1.15.
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\n" ); document.write( "When you do, this equation becomes:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+65.32%2F1.15+=+56.80\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "So the cost of the meal was $56.80. The tip was 15% of that or $56.80 * 0.15 = $8.52
\n" ); document.write( "and the total bill was $56.80 + $8.52 = $65.32 ... just as the problem said it was.
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\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the common practice of restaurant tipping ... a skill
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