Question

Tom and Jerry went out for dinner. They ordered a nice meal and their bill was $300. They also paid 15% tax on their bill. What was the amount of the tax they paid?

Answer 1

Say that the cost of their food was x. So the total cost was x+.15x=300
and then you solve for x
1.15x=300
x=260.87
But that was their meal without tax. To find the tax just multiply the meal's cost by .15. And that gives you
260.87*.15= 39.13
So the amount of tax they paid was $39.13.