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How much did the taxi driver charge George for the trip to the airport

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How much did the taxi driver charge George for the trip to the airport?

(1) George paid the taxi driver a tip equal to 15 percent of the amount the driver charged.

(2) George paid the taxi driver a tip of $6.00. _________________ Director Joined: 28 Jul 2016 Posts: 646 Location: India Concentration: Finance, Human Resources GPA: 3.97 WE: Project Management (Investment Banking) Re: How much did the taxi driver charge George for the trip to the airport [#permalink] Show Tags 19 Oct 2019, 07:57 let the total amount charged be x First stmt states tip = $$\frac{15}{100} * x$$ not sufficient Second states tip = 6$
clearly not sufficient
now combine 1 and 2
6=$$\frac{15}{100} * x$$
thus x = 40 $hence he was charged 40$ and paid a total of 46\$
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