At a restaurant, your food bill was $80$80, and you left a tip of $16$16. what percentage of the food bill did you leave for the tip?

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Trevor Newman

14 October, 16:36

At a restaurant, your food bill was $80$80, and you left a tip of $16$16. what percentage of the food bill did you leave for the tip?

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Antonio Delgado · Answer 1

First, we divide the amount of tip which is $16 by the amount that is used to pay the food bill which is $80. Then, multiply the quotient by 100%. Mathematically,

($16 / $80) x 100% = 20%

Thus, you left 20% of the food bill for the tip.