Question

At a restaurant, the amount of your bill before taxes and tip is $19.83. A 6% sales tax is applied to your bill, and you leave a tip equal to 19% of the original amount. Use mental math to estimate the total amount of money you pay to the nearest dollar.

Answer 1

Answer:

$24.7875

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

given data

your bill before taxes and tip is $19.83

6% sales tax

tip equal to 19% of the original amount.

Required

The total expenses

Step two:

let the total expenses be y

let us calculate the cost of  tax and the tip

Tax

=6/100*19.83

=0.06*19.83

=$1.1898

Tip

=19/100*19.83

=0.19*19.83

=$3.7677

Total

Y= 19.83 +1.1898 +3.7677

Y= $24.7875