A waitress need to use percents to calculate his or her tip. Also, it helps to be able to add up the bill correctly.
$12.80
His tip was 2.45 exactly.
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38.40 x .15 = 5.76 so the total cost of the meal with tip is $44.16
You could use it to calculate the tip ?
-- Remember that "15 percent" means 0.15 . -- Multiply the bill by that number to calculate the tip.
calculate 20% of the total bill and leave that much.
Generally, you tip before taxes. With food service, a good trick is to know the sales taxes in the state you are in and remember what multiplier of that equals roughly 20%. In California, for example the sales tax is around 8.5%, thus many people simply double that to calculate the tip.
The custom varies from one country to another. There is sometimes a conventional percentage of the total amount that is given.
Take the dollar amount on the check and multiply it by 0.15. For example, if the check was $17.5, then the tip would be $17.5 * 0.15 or $2.625, or $2.63, which most people would give $2.75 or even $3.
A waitress need to use percents to calculate his or her tip. Also, it helps to be able to add up the bill correctly.
Tip means "To Insure Promptness." Tipping is different in different parts of the world and varies by level of service given. Sales taxes are different in different parts of the world. Then use algebra to determine how much to add to the bill.
Q- Tip tip
The tip of Baja California is farther south.
O.15 X amount Example $100 food eaten =100 X .15 = 15 = tip Total is 100+15 = 115
Start with the bill without sales taxes. Divide by 5. That's a 20% tip. You can also take the pre-tax number, move the decimal point one position to the left and divide by 2. Same result.