"Sum of 32 and 5 times a number " translates to:
(32 + 5) × n
Then, it says "is 17"
So, (32 + 5) × n = 17. Let's solve!
32 + 5 = 37
37 × n = 17
To find n, we just divide 17 by 37. However, that equates to a repeating decimal, so it is best to put the answer as:
Answer: $15.21
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
Joe's lunch cost $13.00 without tax
He tipped the waiter with 17% of bill without tax
So, the amount of tip is
Total amount that food costs without tax is
To find expanded form, we need to split up the digits. When you do that, you take one digit and cut off everything to the left of it, then make everything to the right zeros.
We don't need to keep the zeros.
We can check this by adding the numbers back up to get .