The cost of a meal is $35.27 and you leave an 18% tip. what is the total cost of the meal? round to the nearest cent.

The total cost of the meal is $41.62. You can find this answer by multiplying 35.27 by 1.18 (which represents the 35.27 and the 18 percent tip).

$41.62

Why?: To find the tip or tax, you have to make the percentage a decimal. To do that, you move the decimal to the left twice, the decimal starts on the right because it is a whole number and you move it over to the left side of the 1. Now you multiple 35.27 by .18 to get the following 6.348... rounded to 6.35. That means you are tipping $6.35. Now if you want the total, you just simply add 35.27 and 6.35 to get the total bill of $41.62. The same thing with tax.

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