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At a restaurant you order a lunch that costs $6.50 and a beverage that costs $1.50.You leave a 15 %tip and the sales tax is 7%.What is the cost of the meal

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$8 dollars,
and some change.
User Joe Pamer
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The total before the tip or tax is $8. The 15% tip is $1.20, putting the total at $9.20. Finally, the 7% sales tax is $0.64 so the total is $9.84
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