The Hu family goes out for lunch, and the price of the meal is $53. The sales tax on the meal is 7%, and the family also leaves a 15% tip on the pre-tax amount. What is the total cost of the meal? The total cost of the meal is $

none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square

13

step-by-step explanation:

169-1=168

168-3=165

165-5=160

160-7=153

153-9=144

144-11=133

133-13=120

120-15=105

105-17=88

88-19=69

69-21=48

48-23=25

25-25=0

since it took 13times to completely subtract it hence its square root is 13