Julia works as a waitress and is able to take home all of her tips. If she averages 16% tips on all the meal checks, what must the total of all her

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customers'  meal checks be for her to take home at least $200 tips?

 

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Answer 1

Let X be the total amount of all Julia's customer's meal checks.

              [note: if possible, assign a variable to the amount we want to find]
 
For Julia to "take home at least $200 tips," the total of all her customers' meal checks must be:
      (16%)X  ≥ $200
       (16/100)X ≥  $200         (write percent as fraction if you want)
        X ≥  $200*(100/16)         (multiply both sides by 100/16)
        X ≥ $1,250           [note: for inequalities to not reverse as we multiply, X must be greater than 0]

 

Extra note:  Because 16% is an "average," that means that the total of Julia's tips divided by the total of her customers' checks is 16%.

Answer 2

16% of x = $200

 

.16x=200

 

16x=20000

 

x=1250

 

The total of all her customer's meal checks is $1,250