Stan took Lily to his friend’s restaurant on a date. The friend told the waiter to remove the $12 dessert from Stan’s bill. Stan tipped the waiter 20% on the reduced bill, which was a $15 tip. Fill in the blanks to write an equation that will determine the amount of the original bill, b .(2 points)

Question

_ (b −) = _

Answer 1

(0.8b) = (b - 12)