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A couple does not wish to spend more than $70 for dinner at a restaurant. If a sales tax of 5% is added to the bill and they plan to tip 20% after the tax has been added, what is the most they can spend for the meal? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)
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Let the cost of meal, excluding tax and tip, be B
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document.write( "Then bill, including tax = 1.05B
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document.write( "Therefore, we get: 
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document.write( "Excluding tax and tip, cost of meal, or , or  \n" );
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