One real bill, two different percentage adjustments
A ₹1,50,000 banquet hall bill involves a 5% booking agent's commission on one side and a 10% service tip on the other — both percentages of the same base bill, but applied in opposite directions.
The commission side: the venue nets ₹1,42,500
The booking agent's 5% commission on ₹1,50,000 comes to ₹7,500, leaving the venue with a real net amount of ₹1,42,500 — money taken out of the bill before it reaches the venue.
The tip side: the customer pays ₹1,65,000
A 10% service tip on the same ₹1,50,000 bill adds ₹15,000, bringing the customer's real total to ₹1,65,000 — money added on top of the bill before it reaches the customer's final payment.
The real gap: ₹22,500
Comparing the two real results — the venue's ₹1,42,500 net against the customer's ₹1,65,000 total — shows a genuine ₹22,500 gap between what the customer ultimately pays and what the venue ultimately keeps, entirely explained by one deduction and one addition applied to the identical starting bill.
Why both calculations start from the same number but diverge
Commission and tip are structurally the same operation — a percentage of a base amount — but a commission formula subtracts that percentage while a tip formula adds it. Starting both from the same ₹1,50,000 base is exactly what makes the ₹22,500 gap visible: it's the commission and the tip amounts combined (₹7,500 + ₹15,000), not a coincidence of the specific numbers chosen.