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# Four people shared a dinner with an $80 bill and tipped the  Question banks Downloads My Bookmarks Reviews Important topics Author Message TAGS: GRE Prep Club Legend Joined: 07 Jun 2014 Posts: 4856 GRE 1: Q167 V156 WE: Business Development (Energy and Utilities) Followers: 102 Kudos [?]: 1737 [1] , given: 397 Four people shared a dinner with an$80 bill and tipped the [#permalink]  02 Jun 2018, 03:44
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Four people shared a dinner with an $80 bill and tipped the waiter 15 percent of this amount. If each person contributed equally to paying the bill and tip, how much did each person pay? (A)$20.00
(B) $23.00 (C)$23.75
(D) $24.00 (E)$25.00
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Re: Four people shared a dinner with an $80 bill and tipped the [#permalink] 10 Jun 2018, 06:55 1 This post received KUDOS sandy wrote: Four people shared a dinner with an$80 bill and tipped the waiter 15 percent of this amount. If each person contributed equally to paying the bill and tip, how much did each person pay?

(A) $20.00 (B)$23.00
(C) $23.75 (D)$24.00
(E) $25.00 Bill = 80 and divided by four and each get 20. Now tip 15%(80) = 12 and even this divided by 4 and each get 3. total 23. B. GRE Prep Club Legend Joined: 07 Jun 2014 Posts: 4856 GRE 1: Q167 V156 WE: Business Development (Energy and Utilities) Followers: 102 Kudos [?]: 1737 [0], given: 397 Re: Four people shared a dinner with an$80 bill and tipped the [#permalink]  11 Jul 2018, 15:58
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Explanation

If four people shared the $80 bill equally, then each person paid for one-quarter of the bill, or $$\frac{80}{4}$$=$20.

The tip is calculated as a percent of the bill. Because the question asks about the amount that each (one) person paid, calculate the 15% tip based solely on one person’s portion of the bill ($20): (0.15) (20) =$3.

In total, each person paid $20 +$3 = $23. Alternatively, find the total of the bill plus tip and take one-fourth of that for the total contribution of each person. The total of bill and tip is$80 + (0.15)($80) =$80 + $12 =$92. One-fourth of this is = $23. _________________ Sandy If you found this post useful, please let me know by pressing the Kudos Button Try our free Online GRE Test Re: Four people shared a dinner with an$80 bill and tipped the   [#permalink] 11 Jul 2018, 15:58
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