After eating dinner at a restaurant, Alex's bill before tax is $78.00. The sales tax rate is 8%. Alex decides to leave a 20% tip for the waiter based on the pre-tax am

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

given data

we are told that before tax the bill is pretax= $78

the tax is 8%

and he left 20% of the pretax for the attendant.

Step two:

let us find the amount he paid for eating with tax

=8/100*78

=0.08*78

=$6.24

with tax the meal cost  is

= 78+6.24

=$84.24

let us solve for the tip he left  (note: it is 20% of the pretax)

=20/100*78

=0.2*100

=$15.6

the tip is $15.6

Step three:

the total amount he paid after eating plus tax and tip is

78+6.24+15.6

=$99.84

you would have to sell 24 bracelets.

step-by-step explanation:

84/3.5 = 24