Estimate the following and explain method 19 % of 63

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a tip of 15% on a bill of 49.52

a. The question is actually asking, what is 19% of 63?

Cases like this uses multiplication to find the answer. First, you need to convert 19% to decimal by moving 2 decimal places from the right to the left, so it becomes 0.19. Multiply it to 63,0 .19×63=11.97. Therefore, 19% of 63 is 11.97.

b. This the same as above. Convert 15% to decimal by moving two decimal places from right to left so it becomes 0.15. Multiply it to 49.52, 0.15×49.52= 7.428. Therefore, 15% of 49.52 is 7.428.