Given that,
Michael is leaving a 15% tip for his waitress.
To find,
What percent of the original price will he pay.
Solution,
Let the original price was 100%.
When he leaves a 15% tip for the waitress, he is really paying 100%+15%=115% of the original price.

or

So, this is the required solution.
If you would like to know how many minutes will it take you to mow a lawn that measures 6000 square feet, you can calculate this using the following steps:
800 square feet ... 15 minutes
6000 square feet ... M minutes = ?
800 * M = 15 * 6000
M = 15 * 6000 / 800
M = 112.5 minutes
This will take 112.5 minutes.
Add them all up.
A triangle has 3 sides, and you said each side is 3. So:
3+3+3 = 9