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Jessica wants to give a 20% tip to a taxi driver. If the fare is $23.78, what amount did she tip the driver?

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You should mulitply. $23.78 * 0.20 = 4.756

Then you add. 4.756 to $23.78 = $28.536

Now you round $28.536 to the hundredths so that you can pay it with coins.

The anwser is $4.76 and the total amount for the taxi ride would be $28.54
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