Tax/Tip/Percent
You pay $\$ 56.20$ for your meal, and the tip. You paid a $20 \%$ tip. How much was the original amount of the meal?
A $\$ 46.83$
B $\$ 67.44$
$\$ 44.96$
D $\$ 11.24$

Answer

Expert–verified

Hide Steps

Answer

$\boxed{The original amount of the meal was \$ 46.83}$

Steps

Step 1 ：Let x be the original meal amount. Then, the equation can be written as: $x + 0.20x = 56.20$

Step 2 ：Solve for x: $1.2x = 56.20$ => $x = \frac{56.20}{1.2}$ => $x = 46.83$

Step 3 ：$\boxed{The original amount of the meal was \$ 46.83}$