Patti works at a restaurant. she usually makes 15% tips on all the sales she makes for the night. if she had $784 in meals, estimate how much she could make in tips

117.60

Multiply the amount of the meals by .15

1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!