Given:
Total price of dinner = 48
They tipped the server 20 % of that amount.
To find:
The amount of tip.
Solution:
According to the question,
Amount of tip = 20 % of Total price of dinner
Total price of dinner = 48
[tex]\text{Amount of tip}=\dfrac{20}{100}\times 48[/tex]
[tex]\text{Amount of tip}=\dfrac{1}{5}\times 48[/tex]
[tex]\text{Amount of tip}=\dfrac{48}{5}[/tex]
[tex]\text{Amount of tip}=9.6[/tex]
Therefore, the amount of tip is 9.6.
