SOLUTION: 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 t

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Question 988664: 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.)

Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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The most they can spend before
tax and tip is $55.56

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source):
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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.)

Let the cost of meal, excluding tax and tip, be B
Then bill, including tax = 1.05B
Therefore, we get:

Excluding tax and tip, cost of meal, or , or