Zoe paid \$18.60$18.60dollar sign, 18, point, 60 in sales tax and tips for her dinner. The sales tax rate is 11\%11%11, percent, and she tipped 20\%20%20, percent. (The sales tax does not apply to the tip, and the tip is based on the price of the dinner before sales tax.)
What was the price of Zoe's dinner, before sales tax and tip?
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Answers
Answer:
$14.20
Step-by-step explanation:
in addition to paying for the dinner (x), she also has to pay 11% of it and another 20% of it. now we can combine like terms and solve.
x + 0.11x + 0.20x = 18.60
1.31x = 18.60
x = 14.20 (Ans.)
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Answer:
60
Step-by-step explanation:
Since both the sales tax and the tip apply to the original price of the dinner, we can add the two rates.
11% 20\% 31 11%+20%=31% 11, , end color , plus, start color , 20, percent, end color, equals, start color 31, percent, end color
To find the original price, we need to answer, 18.60 18, point, 60, end color is 31%, end color percent of what number?
Percent means per hundred, so 31%, is equivalent to
0.31
0.31x
x
=18.60
=
0.31
18.60
=60
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The price of Zoe's dinner was$60, start color , 60, end color before sales tax and tip.