Question

Kacey and her three friends went out for lunch, and they wanted to leave a 15% tip. The reciept shown below lists the lunch total before tax and tip. The tip is on the cost of food plus tax. The sales tax rate in Pleasantville is 9%. Find the actual total of the bill including tax and tip. If Kacey and her three friends spilt the bill equally, how much will each person pay including tax and tip? Show you work.​

Answer 1

The tax brings it to $42.47. 38.96x9%=3.5064 so round to $3.51 added to bill = 42.47$. For the tip we need to figure out what 15% of $42.47 is so 42.47x15%=6.3705 so round to $6.37. Adding that tip to the bill 42.47+6.37=$48.84 so now divide that by 4 to determine what each person owes so $12.21 is what each person owes.