A waiter earns $11.00 an hour and approximately 10% of what he serves in a shift. If he works a 6 hour shift and takes $425.00 in orders, his total earnings for the six hours would be ____.

The waiter earns by adding his wage for 6 hours and his tip. wage earned for 6 hours = 6 \u00D7 $11.00 = $66.00 tip earned from orders = 10% \u00D7 $425.00 = 0.10 \u00D7 $425.00 = $42.50 total earnings of the waiter = $66.00 + $42.50 = $108.50