Question

Every Monday, Rajiv receives fifty percent off enchilada dinners that regularly cost twenty-six dollars. Which of the following shows the amount Rajiv pays for the dinners if he tips the waiter eighteen percent of the regular price for the dinners? Assume no sales tax is added to his bill.

fourteen dollars and eighty cents

seventeen dollars and sixty-eight cents

twenty-six dollars and eighteen cents

seventy-six dollars and eighteen cents

Answer 1

Regular cost of dinner: $26
Rajiv gets it 50% off.
He tips waitress 18% of the bill EFORE the discount.
Thus...

Total Rajiv pays = 26(50%) + 26(18%)

It's that simple. :)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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