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Ronald and shella spent $88 to go to to dinner thirty percent of this cost was for parking downtown that spent the remainder of the money on 2 dinner buffets how much was the price per buffet?

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Cost per buffet was $30.80.  $88.00 was the total, spent $26.40 (30%) for parking.  $88.00-$26.40= $61.60 for buffet.  Since there were 2 people, divide $61.60 by 2 and the buffet  for 2 came to $30.80 each.
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