The George family ate out at a restaurant and wants to leave a 15% tip. Their meal cost $42.00 before tip. How much will they pay for their meal, including tip?

1 Answer
May 21, 2018

They will pay $48.30 for their meal including tip.

Explanation:

So let convert 15% to a decimal value before we start solving anything. So you simply divide 15 over 100 like this: 15/100 which gives you 0.15.

So to find out how much tip they are giving, you multiply 0.15 by 42.00. Here is what I am saying shown below:

0.15*42.00=?

So let compute that by plugging that into the calculator which we get $6.3.

Now, we can add that back to the meal cost as shown below:

42.00+6.30=?

Our final answer is: $48.3