Question

Mrs. Olivares went to dinner with herfamily and the bill came to $42.50. Ifshe wants to leave a 15% tip, what isthe amount of the tip?

Answer 1

For this you can multiply the bill by the tip, in decimal form, that is

$\begin{gathered} 15\text{ \%}=0.15 \\ \text{ So,} \\ 42.50\times0.15=6.375 \\ \\ \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the amount of tip will be $6.375. And of the answers given, none is correct.