Audryn added a $12 tip to a $68.73 restaurant bill. What percent tip did she leave? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Lexi Case

Mathematics

21 May, 09:11

Audryn added a $12 tip to a $68.73 restaurant bill. What percent tip did she leave? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Corinne Walters · Answer 1

What percent of $68.73 is $12? We can find out what we have to multiply to $68.73 to get $12. We can substitute this with "x". So then, our equation becomes 68.73x = 12. From there, you just do basic algebra.

You should get 17.4596246% which can then be rounded down to 17% depending on which place you're rounding it by.