The price of lunch for 15 people was $209.00, including a 15 percent gratuity for service. What was the average price per person, EXCLUDING the gratuity?
Choose the correct choice:
A) $11.73 B) $12.66 C) $13.80 D) $14.00 E) $15.87
Take the initial price before the gratuity is 100   The gratuity is calculated on the final price, so as we assumed the final bill before adding gratuity is 100 so gratuity is 15% of 100 is 15 so the total price of meals is 115 so the given amount i.e 209 is for 115 then we have to calculate for 100   for 115 209   for 100 x   so by cross multiplication we get 115x=100*209 =&gt; x=100*209/110 by simplifying we get x as 190 which is the price of lunch before gratuity so the gratuity is 19 so   as the question ask the average price person excluding gratuity is 190/15=12.66 so our answer is $12.66)
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The price of lunch for 15 people was $209.00, including a 15 percent gratuity for service. What was the average price per person, EXCLUDING the gratuity?