From: Eva-Lise Carlstrom (evalise@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 17:05:38 MST
In the situations I was describing, the tip was set at
15%, as was always true for both special events and
tables of 8 or more.
--Eva
--- Dr Sebby <drsebby@hotmail.com> wrote:
> ...considering that what you described would be "x +
> xy = 40$" where y
> could equal zero, it would be quite impossible to
> determine what the bill
> was if the total posting tip was all you had.
> tipping percentages range
> wildly, remember.
>
>
>
> DrSebby.
> "Courage...and shuffle the cards".
>
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Eva-Lise Carlstrom <evalise@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: Re: virus: Re:Tower of Brahma
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:05:57 -0800 (PST)
>
>
> --- Mermaid <hidden@lucifer.com> wrote:
> > also...do we really use algebra in our everyday
> > lives? really..do we?
>
> Humor writer Erma Bombeck claimed, "In real life,
> there is no such thing as algebra."
>
> My mother heartily agreed, until, as the manager of
> a
> restaurant, she needed to be able to figure out the
> original bill before tip, when she had the total
> with
> tip. I showed her how, since this is easy with
> algebra; I don't know how you'd do it otherwise.
>
> --Eva
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