Question

Mya and her 4 best friends have dinner at a restaurant. The bill totals $32.85, INCLUDING tax. The friends leave an 18% tip and split all cost equally. How much does each person pay?

Answer 1

To calculate how much each person pays, we can follow these steps:
1. Start by subtracting the tax amount from the total bill. Since the total bill includes tax, we need to remove the tax to find the cost of the meal only.
32.85 - (18% of 32.85) = 32.85 - (0.18 *
32.85) = 32.85 - 5.91 = 26.94
The cost of the meal without tax is
$26.94.
2. Divide the cost of the meal by the number of people to find out how much each person pays.
26.94 / 5 = 5.388
Each person should pay $5.39
(rounded to two decimal places) to split the cost of the meal equally.
So, each person pays $5.39.

Answer 2

$9.69

Explanation:

You want to know the value of each share of a bill of $32.85 after an 18% tip is added and the total is split 4 ways.

Total

Adding an 18% tip to the bill multiplies it by 1 +18% = 1.18. The bill with the tip added is ...

$32.85 × 1.18

Split

Splitting the bill 4 ways makes each share equal to 1/4 of the total:

share = ($32.85 × 1.18)/4 = $9.69

Each person pays $9.69.

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