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The Jayden family eats at a restaurant that is having a 15% discount promotion. Their meal costs $78.12 before the discount, and they leave a 20% tip. If the tip applies to the cost of the meal before the discount, what is the total cost of the meal? Round your intermediate calculations and answer to the nearest cent.

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Answer:

82.02

Explanation:

78.12 x 0.2 = 15.62 tip

78.12 x 0.15 = 11.72 discount

78.12-11.72 = 66.40 discounted meal price

66.40 + 15.62(tip) = 82.02 total meal price

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