The bill for a meal at a restaurant is $18.75 before tax. You want to tip 15% of this amount. The tax rate on the meal is 8%. What will be the total you pay, including tax and tip?

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Craig Vang

Mathematics

24 March, 16:42

The bill for a meal at a restaurant is $18.75 before tax. You want to tip 15% of this amount. The tax rate on the meal is 8%. What will be the total you pay, including tax and tip?

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Kailey Gould · Answer 1

A 15% tip and the 8% tip is computed from the initial bill of $18.75 therefore there would be a total of 23% increase from your bill. Therefore the total amount you pay is 18.75 + (18.75*0.23) = $23.0625