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John goes out to lunch. The bill, before tax and tip, was 19.20. A sales tax of 6% was added on. John tipped 12% on the amount after the sales tax was added. How much tip did he leave? Round to the nearest tenth

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First, we need to calculate the amount of sales tax that was added on to the bill:

Sales tax = 6% of 19.20
Sales tax = 0.06 x 19.20
Sales tax = 1.152

Next, we need to calculate the total amount of the bill including the sales tax:

Total bill = 19.20 + 1.152
Total bill = 20.352

Now we need to calculate the amount of the tip based on the total bill including the sales tax:

Tip = 12% of 20.352
Tip = 0.12 x 20.352
Tip = 2.44224

Rounding to the nearest tenth gives us:

Tip = 2.4

Therefore, John left a tip of $2.4.
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