Saphia's lunch bill was $ 17.65 \$17.65 . She wants to leave an 18 % 18\% tip. How much should the tip be?

Sofia's lunch bill was $17.65, and she wants to leave an 18% tip. How much should the tip be? So for this problem, we know the whole amount, and we know the percent, but we don't know is the partial amount, the tip. So, to solve this problem, we can set up an equation that models the situation. So, we're solving for the partial amount, we'll call it x, And to find that we want to multiply our percent as a decimal. So 18% as a decimal is 0.18, and we're going to multiply that by our whole amount of seventeen sixty five. Simplifying this, we get x equals 3.18. So she should leave a tip of $3.18 for her lunch bill.

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Saphia's lunch bill was $dollar sign 17.65$ . She wants to leave an $18 percent sign$ tip. How much should the tip be?

$dollar sign 31.80$

$dollar sign 14.47$

$dollar sign 3.18$

$dollar sign 14.18$

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Identify the total lunch bill amount, which is \$17.65, and the tip percentage, which is 18\%.

Convert the tip percentage from a percent to a decimal by dividing by 100: \$18\% = \frac{18}{100} = 0.18$.

Set up the expression to find the tip amount by multiplying the total bill by the decimal tip rate: $\text{Tip} = 17.65 \times 0.18$.

Perform the multiplication to calculate the tip amount (do not calculate the final value here, just set up the expression).

The result from the multiplication will give the amount of the tip Saphia should leave.

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