SOLUTION:
Case: Percentages
Given:
Meal cost= $12
tip= 15%
sales tax= 9%
Method:
To find the Total cost of the meal,
We calculate the actual cost of the tip
[tex]\begin{gathered} 15\%\times12 \\ \frac{15}{100}\times12 \\ \frac{180}{100} \\ 1.8 \end{gathered}[/tex]The actual cost of the tip was $1.80
We then calculate the actual cost of the sales tax
[tex]\begin{gathered} 9\%\times12 \\ \frac{9}{100}\times12 \\ \frac{108}{100} \\ 1.08 \end{gathered}[/tex]The cost of sales tax is $1.08
The total cost of the mean is:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 12+1.80+1.08 \\ =14.88 \end{gathered}[/tex]Final answer:
The total cost of the meal is $14.88
