At a restaurant your food bill was 80 dollars and you left a tip for 16 dollars. what percent of the bill did you leave for the tip

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Catalina Foster

2 April, 21:46

At a restaurant your food bill was 80 dollars and you left a tip for 16 dollars. what percent of the bill did you leave for the tip

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Madilyn Payne · Answer 1

This is a ratio problem. All percentages can be looked at as a ratio represented by the part vs the whole. This is expressed like

Percentage = Part / whole * 100%

So

Percentage = 16 / 100 * 100%

Percentage = 16%