Question

Estimate a 10% tip on a bill of $179.54 by first rounding the bill amount to the nearest ten dollars.

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

First we start off by rounding that number to the nearest ten, not tenTH. This rounding would lead to 180$. Now comes the percent part. Here i use the percent equation, which is ____ is ____% of _____. our percent is 10%, and our whole goes at the end, 180$. The part( or the tax), becomes x, and now we translate. Is means = and of means times. so x=.10(180), and x will equal 18

so the tip will be around 18 dollars

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