SOLUTION: I would like to explain and solve the math word problem.
"John and a friend went to a restaurant. John paid the for
the food and he also gave the cashier an additional 10% of
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Question 1207637: I would like to explain and solve the math word problem.
"John and a friend went to a restaurant. John paid the for
the food and he also gave the cashier an additional 10% of
the food bill that he paid. The total amount he paid for
the restaurant bill (including the 10%) was $44.00. How much
money did he pay for the food, and what was the amount of money
that represented the 10% of the money that he paid?" Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source):
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I would like to explain and solve the math word problem.
"John and a friend went to a restaurant. John paid the for
the food and he also gave the cashier an additional 10% of
the food bill that he paid. The total amount he paid for
the restaurant bill (including the 10%) was $44.00. How much
money did he pay for the food, and what was the amount of money
that represented the 10% of the money that he paid?"
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Let x be the amount John paid for the food.
Then the additional amount of 10%, which John paid, is 0.1x.
The total John paid was x + 0.1x = 1.1x.
We are given that the total is $44.
It gives us this equation
1.1x = 44 dollars.
Divide both sides by 1.1 and get x
x = = 40.
Thus John paid for food $40.
The additional amount John paid was 0.1*40 = 4 dollars.
