2005 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 1

Problem

While eating out, Mike and Joe each tipped their server . Mike tipped $10%$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) of his bll and Joe tipped $20%$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) of his bill. What was the difference, in dollars between their bills?

Solution

Let be Mike's bill and be Joe's bill.

So the desired difference is

See Also

• 2005 AMC 10A Problems

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