Elena divided a decimal by a whole number. 84.36 ÷ 12 = ? Part A: Explain each step needed to divide 84.3y by 12. Part B: What is the correct qoutient?

Part A.

Part B. The correct quotient is (3 × 4)

Step-by-step explanation:

Part A.

To divide 84.36 by 12 we look for the Highest Common Factor of the whole number and the decimal portions of the numerator and the denominator individually as follows;

Therefore, dividing 84.36 by 12 gives = 7.03

When dividing 84.3·y by 12, therefore, we have;

Part B.

The correct quotient should have factors of the numerator

Therefore the divisor 12 should be represented as follows

The correct quotient therefore = (3 × 4)

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

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payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

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