Mrs. margul paid $85 to have her hair colored and cut. if she tips for hairdresser 15% what is her total bill.? show work

85 + (15% of 85)...15% of 85...turn percent to decimal..." of " means multiply
85 + 0.15(85) = 85 + 12.75 = 97.75

How to find tip-age of a bill, you move the decimal point of the percentage 2 to the left. So now instead of 15%, you have 0.15. When you arrange the sentence like this, what is 15% of 85, you automatically know that you are multiplying, because "of" will translate into multiply. With your numbers, the formula would be (0.15×85)+85=total. Using the order of operations, you would get 12.75+85=97.75

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