Question 64 • ****Spring 2026 Financial Math - MA2007 MQS21QXV
The hotel room charge is 3 × $80 = $240. Its 9% tax is $21.60, and the maid tip is 10% of $240, or $24. Meals and their 15% tip total $109.30 + $16.395 = $125.695, so the remaining $8.745 of the $420.04 trip total is meal tax. Since $8.745 ÷ $109.30 = 0.08, the meal tax rate is approximately 8%, choice C.
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