Question

• Bonnie goes out to eat and buys a meal that costs $12.50 that includes a tax of $.75. She only wants to leave a tip based on the cost of the food. What equation could help Bonnie calculate the tip?

Answer 1

what are the choices ?

Answer 2

there are none its just a word problem

Answer 3

don't know if question is complete, what percent of tip ?

or just subtract .75 from 12.50, that is the amount to calculate the tip

Answer 4

doesn't give a percentage

Answer 5

i just need an equation not actually solve it

Answer 6

I'm not sure how to set it up

Answer 7

\[Tip = \frac{ tipPercent (mealPrice -mealTax) }{ 100 }\]