Frances left a 21% tip on a meal. Including the tip, its cost was $59.29. What was the cost of the meal before the tip?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-14T00:55:52

49$

Set #x# as being the cost of the meal.

The tip is #21%# of the price of the meal, which means #0.21x#

From this, we have the following equation and we solve for #x#

#x + 0.21x = 59.29#
#1.21x = 59.29#
#x= 49$#

Frances left a 21​% tip on a meal. Including the​ tip, its cost was​ $59.29. What was the cost of the meal before the​ tip?