A restaurant meal cost $30.5 and there was no tax. If the tip was more than 20 percent but less than 30 percent of the cost of the meal, then the total amount paid must have been between Choose the correct option
A) $40 and $42 B) $39 and $41 C) $38 and $40 D) $37 and $39 E) $36 and $39
The total amount for the meal was between 30.5*1.2= 
<gadget id="calculator">30.5*1.2</gadget>
<output>36.6</output>
36.6 and 30.5*1.3=~39.65. Only option which covers all possible values of the meal is D.   Answer: $37 and $39.
<result>D</result>
A restaurant meal cost $30.5 and there was no tax. If the tip was more than 20 percent but less than 30 percent of the cost of the meal, then the total amount paid must have been between