Let's simplify the tens in the denominators down to 2.
Jasmine: 2.4:2
Aaron: 3:2
Lucian: 2:2
Gretchen: 14:2
We want to find the person who has the lowest amount of blue marbles in terms of the red marbles. This means they have the smallest amount of blue marbles out of red marbles. As most of them are greater, we just look for the smallest number of blue marbles out of 2.
Given: Mr. Rodriguez : 6.25 Mrs. R 7.50 2 children @ 4.99 each <u> 9.98</u> Subtotal: 23.73 Sales tax 7.25% 1.72 *23.73 x 7.25% Total tip 15% <u> 3.56 </u> *23.73 x 15% Grand total $29.01
Tips should be applied to pre-tax amount not post-tax. However, some companies compute tip based on post-tax amount. This means that the tip you are paying is computed based on the total amount of the meal as well as the sales tax you paid for the meal.
