Question

The Jayden family eats at a restaurant that is having a 15% discount promotion. Their meal costs $78.65, and they leave a 20% tip. If the tip applies to the cost of the meal before the discount, what is the total cost of the meal?
Also please write down the way you got the answer step by step please

Answer 1

Given:

Discount promotion at the restaurant= 15%

The cost of the meal that the family pays = $78.65

Tip left = 20%

To find:

The total cost of the meal.

Solution:

Since the family leaves a tip of 20% of the price of the meal.

Therefore tip = (20/100) * 78.65 = $15.73

The cost will be now= cost of meal+ tip

= $ 78.65+15.73 = $94.38

Since discount is 15% of the cost after tip is added:

Discount = (15/100) * 94.38 = $14.157

The final cost= cost - discount

= $94.38-14.157 = $80.223

Therefore the total cost of the meal paid by the family will be $80.233.