Problema Solution
Frances left a 19% tip on a meal. Including the tip, its cost was $21.42. what was the cost of the meal before the tip?
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Let the cost X
tip is 19%
Amount paid 21.42
X+19%X=21.42
X+19/100X=21.42
119/100X=21.42
X=21.42*100 /119
X=18