Mike and sarah went out for dinner for valentine s day. The price of dinner for

Given:

Total price of dinner = 48

They tipped the server 20 % of that amount.

To find:

The amount of tip.

Solution:

According to the question,

Amount of tip = 20 % of Total price of dinner

Total price of dinner = 48

Therefore, the amount of tip is 9.6.

3*3 + 3*3 = 9 + 9 = 18

You would use trial and error for this type of problem. Often parenthesis are involved to change the order of operations, but no parenthesis are needed here.