ramon ate at a restaurant and gave the servera 4 dallor tip. the tip was 20% of the cost of the meal. how much was the meal

Question

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Answer 1

Tip   was   20%  of   the meal.

$4     =     0.20   ·       m

 

4 = 0.2m            divide both sides by 0.2

20 = m

 

The cost of the meal was $20.

Answer 2

So, we know that the 4$ tip is 20% of the meal. 20% in decimal form is .20 and If we call the cost of the meal X, then we can put it into an equation like this: .20X = $4.00. Now that we have an equation, we can simply solve for X (the cost of the meal). In order to do that, we need to isolate x by dividing both sides by .20. Then the equation looks like X = $4.00/ .20 and the answer is $20.00.