Mr. Perry took his family out to
dinner last night and their subtotal
was $88.24. The sales tax was 5%
and he left a 20% tip. If Mr. Perry
put $120 on the table, how much
change did he receive?

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Answer: $8.83

Step-by-step explanation:

Facts:

Total before extra fees: $88.24

Sales tax: 5%

plus a 20% tip afterwards.

Gave $120

Change= ?

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Step 1: Add the sales tax

The first thing to do is find 5% of 88.24, since the sales tax was 5% of the cost of their dinner.

5% of 88.24= 4.41200---> $4.40

Now we add it to the subtotal.

4.40+ 88.24= $92.64

Step 2: Add the 20% tip.

Since the question puts the "20% tip" statement  after the 5% tax, I'm going to assume that the 20% tip is 20% of the dinner cost after the tax was added.

So the new cost is 92.64. All you need to do is find 20% of 92.64, and then add the result to 92.64. Look:

20% of 92.64= 18.528--> $18.53

18.53+92.64= $111.17

Now, there we have the total cost of dinner.

Step 3: Find how much change he got.

So now we know the total cost is $111.17, and that he paid with $120. He obviously  paid more than the total cost, so to find the amount of change, simply subtract the 111.17 from 120:

120-111.17= $8.83

He recieved $8.83 in change because he paid $8.83 more than the expected balance (actual total cost).

Hope this helps :)) Also brainliest would be appreciated, i worked pretty hard on this :)

Answer:$8.82 Change

Step-by-step explanation:

88.24*1.20=105.89. 105.89*1.05=111.18

$120-$111.18=$8.82 change.

(Whew! That took a while!)