lisa has a net spendable income of $1,700. she must pay at least $100 per month to pay off her debts. however, she puts together the following budget for her main expense categories.

housing $510
food $204
transportation $255
insurance $51
debts $262
entertainment $85
clothing $85
savings $85
medical $68
miscellaneous $85

how is she able to pay so much money on her debts?

select the best answer from the choices provided.
she is going over budget.
she is putting less than the recommended percentage of her income into the savings category.
she is putting the minimum recommended percentage of her income into all categories except debt.
she is putting less than the recommended percentage of her income into the clothing, medical, and miscellaneous categories.

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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