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okay i got VP and i need VP tutor for math or online or any other methods but if webcam i dont have good webcam so not good method

im doing intro to algebra and i totally forgot how to do percent, factions, and remember a little abt decimals

need help pls?

pm me and we can discuss everything that needed to be discussed

Mods: if this is in wrong place please leave it in general for a couple days since most people looks into general first before move it to right place. thank you. (i dont think its in wrong place but i want to make sure heh)
 
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I wish I could help you, but mathematics and me don't click!!

The last time I saw mathematics was in 2004.

But if you got any accounting probs, PM me!!

Kashveera
 
kashveera said:
I wish I could help you, but mathematics and me don't click!!

The last time I saw mathematics was in 2004.

But if you got any accounting probs, PM me!!

Kashveera
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so u know how to figure out how to pay what percent for a tip?
 
SpiceHD said:
so u know how to figure out how to pay what percent for a tip?
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Yeah, so for instance, in South Africa for a tip, we give 10% of whatever, our total restaurant bill is, so for instance our bill is in my currency R100, 10% of that would be R10 (or in decimals : 0.1 multiplied by R100=R10), so it will mean that R10 would be the tip.

But when we go to the counter, we pay R110, because R100 was for the food we ate, and R10 is the tip, or the service bill!

Kashveera
 
SpiceHD said:
so u know how to figure out how to pay what percent for a tip?
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tip is simple factor to do math :D

if you tend to pay 10% then the tip for $30 is $3 in tip :D

if you tend to pay 15% then the tip for $30 is $4.50 in tip :D

easy math
 
okay thats where my major plm is... i forget how to do factions, percent, etc
 
SpiceHD said:
okay thats where my major plm is... i forget how to do factions, percent, etc
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basic thing.. as you see. 10% is moving one decimal point to the left.. for example

$30.00 u see the decimal point.. and then move by one to left will make it $3.000

as for 5% is same as half for 10% for example $3.00 half of it is $1.50 that's all math is all about ;)
 
you aren't only one that asked for help i also helped soonerseth with math back then..
 
kashveera said:
Yeah, so for instance, in South Africa for a tip, we give 10% of whatever, our total restaurant bill is, so for instance our bill is in my currency R100, 10% of that would be R10 (or in decimals : 0.1 multiplied by R100=R10), so it will mean that R10 would be the tip.

But when we go to the counter, we pay R110, because R100 was for the food we ate, and R10 is the tip, or the service bill!

Kashveera
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Your foreign money is different from USA dollar lol but math langauge (universal) seems same!
 
starrygaze said:
Your foreign money is different from USA dollar lol but math langauge (universal) seems same!
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True that, because my dad is a professor of mathematics and applied mathematics, and he has managed to teach the same type of mathematics at various universities in the world!!

I'm South African, so many currency is ZAR (zuid-afrikaanse rand) or the Rand as we simply call it!!

Kashveera
 
SpiceHD said:
so u know how to figure out how to pay what percent for a tip?
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I usually pay 20% for a tip. I just take the amount of the bill, double it, and move the decimal point one place to left.

Example: If the bill for lunch is $15, double that is 30. Then move the decimal one place to the left, and that's 3.0 or $3. If the amounts don't come out evenly, I round them off so I can easily do the math in my head.
 
Isn't the tip percentage 18% nowadays? 20% makes it easier to calculate though...
 
kashveera said:
True that, because my dad is a professor of mathematics and applied mathematics, and he has managed to teach the same type of mathematics at various universities in the world!!

I'm South African, so many currency is ZAR (zuid-afrikaanse rand) or the Rand as we simply call it!!

Kashveera
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You're welcome here. And also I like your quote, "Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of anyone else!!" May I copycat your quote no I can't be second of another of yours? HA!
 
I thought the tip was 15%?! :eek:

But, anyway, I'm in the same boat as Spice. Math and myself don't get along. It just makes me...

:dizzy:
 
oh man i choked on my math test today! and it was basic math the ones i studied from last semeter *sigh*
 
% of tip all depends on the restaurant. paper napkins 10-15%, cloth napkins 15-20%
 
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