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Four friends go out to dinner and end up with a bill of $124.42. If the city sales tax is 8.7% and they would like to leave a tip of 14% on the original amount before the sales tax added then what is the total Cost of the meal? Round answer to two decimal places

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Explanation

The total bill is given as $124.42

The city sales tax is 8.7%

The tip is given as 14%

The first step is to subtract the sales tax which is 8.7% of the total bill.

[tex]\frac{8.7}{100}\times124.42=10.82454[/tex]

Therefore the bill before the sales tax was added is

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