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meganagirre713:

The kerwood went out to eat at chilles. if there bill was $58.65 and they gavetheir server a 15% tip, how much did they pay altogether?

barstho:

So, first you wanna change the 15% to a decimal. Do you know how to change 15 to a decimal?

meganagirre713:

0.15

barstho:

Awesome. So now we want to see what is 15% of $58.65

barstho:

So we figured out that 15% = 0.15 So 0.15 x 58.65 = the tip amonut

meganagirre713:

8.7975

barstho:

So, we'll round that to $8.8. Now, the question asks what did they pay altogether. So add the tip amount with the bill amount and you should get your final answer

meganagirre713:

49.85

barstho:

that doesn't make sense. How did the amount go down?

barstho:

You're adding not subtracting

meganagirre713:

i did

barstho:

The initial number was $58.65 If you ADD to that number, how does the amount get less?

DBOY:

JUST TAKE 58.65 AND DIVIDE BY 100 THEN TIMES THAT BY 15 YOU WILL GET THE 15 % THEN YOU ADD THE 15% TO THE 587.65 AND YOU GET AN ANSWER

DBOY:

HOPE I HELPED

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