Question

You go out with friends for dinner, and your meal costs $12.95 and your soda is $2.25. Los Angeles tax is 9.75% and you are expected to leave at least a 15%t tip. What is minimum amount that you owe?

Answer 1

It would either be 19.18 or 19.19 because you add your meal and drink, makimg 15.2, then multiply by .0975 for tax, add to meal cost, always tax first, then you can multiply by the tip, .15 then add that to your taxef meal cost.