paloma eats 2/8 of an apple in the morning and 3/8 more in the afternoon. how much of an apple did she eat in total

Step-by-step explanation:

in this problem, we are solving for the amount of apple that Paloma eats

1. she ate 2/8 of a complete apple -hence the will be a remainder, we will find  

  that remainder

2. she also ate 3/8 of the remainder for lunch

3. we then proceed to calculate all apple she ate in total

2 she ate 3/8 of the remaining 3/4 apple

3. in  total she ate 1/4+ 9/32

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.

'

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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a. is correct