The price of lunch for 15 people was $208.00, including a 15 percent gratuity for service. What was the average price per person, EXCLUDING the gratuity? Choose the correct choice from the following answers:	A) $ 11.73	B) $ 12.60	C) $ 13.80	D) $ 14.00	E) $ 15.87

Rationale: "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 208 is for 115 then we have to calculate for 100 for 115 208 for 100 x so by cross multiplication we get 115 x = 100 * 208 = > x = 100 * 208 / 110 by simplifying we get x as 189 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 189 / 15 = 12.6 so our answer is b )"
Answer: B