Question

Trevor took one of his friends out to lunch. The lunches cost $248.40 and he paid 12.5% sales tax. If Trevor left a 15% tip on the $248.40, how much in total did he pay?

Answer 1

He paid ...

-- The cost of the lunches      (100%  =  1.00 of it)    

-- 15% of the cost as a tip    (15%  =  0.15 of it)

-- 12% of the cost as sales tax  (12%  =  0.12 of it)

Total that he paid = (1.00 + 0.15 + 0.12)  =  1.27 of $248.40

                                                           =      $315.47   .

Trevor is one generous guy !