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The Striton family had a meal catered for a wedding rehearsal dinner. The cost of the dinner was $476. There was a 5% sales tax and they left a 15% tip. What was the total cost including the sales tax
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The Striton family had a meal catered for a wedding rehearsal dinner. The cost of the dinner was $476. There was a 5% sales tax and they left a 15% tip. What was the total cost including the sales tax and the tip?

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Total paid $574.77. $476 x .05 (tax)= $23.80 total tax
$476 + $23.80= $499.80 dinner + tax
$499.80 x .15 (tip)= $74.97 tip
Add $499.80 + $74.97 = $574.77 for dinner, tax and tip

In real life you probably would round the dinner and tax to $500, and tip 15% on that making the total $575.00
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