Question

The miller family goes out for dinner,and the price of the meal is $60.The sales tax on the meal is 7% and they also want to leave a 18% tip.What is the total cost of the meal?

Answer 1

Answer:

$75.76

Step-by-step explanation:

To start off, we need to increase the $60 dinner cost by 7% to get our total cost after tax. This is done by converting 7% into a decimal...

7% ---> 0.07

Our next step is to multiply 60 by 0.07 which would get us...

(60) x (0.07) = 4.2

Now we add 4.2 to 60 which gives us $64.20. Now that we have our total after tax, we can add an additional 18% of our current cost to our new cost. This is done by using the same method used above.

1) 18% ---> 0.18

2) (64.20) x (0.18) = 11.56

3) 64.20 + 11.56 = 75.76

The total cost of the meal is $75.76