Julie, Letitia and Anton decided to have dinner together at a nearby restaurant. Julie orders $10 worth of food, Letitia orders $20 worth of food, and Anton orders $30 worth of food. How much should each pay in tips if they want to split a 20% tip for the whole meal evenly? Let's be accurate as possible.
First, we need to determine how much the entire meal costs before we can determine the tip. We perform 10 + 20 + 30 = 60 dollars worth of food. Now we need to find out how much the total tip to be paid is, by multiplying 60 * .2 = 12 dollars in tips. Since they want to split this evenly amongst three people, this works out to 12 / 3 = 4 dollars in tips per person.
The answer: 4.