The Jayden family eats at a restaurant that is having a 15% discount promotion. Their meal costs $78.58 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. The total cost of the meal is

The total cost is $82.51

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the total cost of the meal, first find the discount amount. We can get that by multiplying the discount percentage by the cost of the meal.

$78.58 * 15% = $11.79

Now we also need to find the tip amount, which we can calculate by multiplying the percentage by the overall cost.

$78.58 * 20% = $15.72

Now we take the amount of the meal and subtract the discount and add the tip.

$78.58 - $11.79 + $15.72 = $82.51