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At a restaurant you order a meal and drink costing $14 you leave a 20% tip and sales tax is 6% what is the total cost of the meal? plz show work.....?

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Apply the unitary method:

If $14 = 100%. Then
$X = 126%

With X being the total cost.

(14 x 126) / 100

Answer = $17.64
Round it to 3 significant figures = $17.6
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