Stan took Lily to his friends restaurant on a date. The friend told the waiter to remove the $12 dessert from Stan's bill. Stan tipped the waiter 20 % on the reduced bill which was a $25 tip. Fill in the blanks to write an equation that will determine the amount of the original bill

Question

Stan took Lily to his friends restaurant on a date. The friend told the waiter to remove the $12 dessert from Stan's bill. Stan tipped the waiter 20 % on the reduced bill which was a $25 tip. Fill in the blanks to write an equation that will determine the amount of the original bill

Answer 1

Let the original bill be represented by x.

After removing the $12 dessert, the reduced bill is x - $12.

Stan tipped the waiter 20% of the reduced bill, which is (20/100)(x - $12) = $25.

Therefore, the equation is (20/100)(x - $12) = $25.