Question

Purvi and her friends tipped their waiter a total of six dollars for dinners that cost nine dollars, eight dollars, eleven dollars and twelve dollars each. Use a percent proportion to solve for the percent tip they left the waiter. Show your work.

Answer 1

Total cost of dinner: 9 + 8 + 11 + 12 = 40 bucks
$6/$40 = 3/20 or .15, which is 15%

Answer 2

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