Suppose you offer to take your friend out to dinner at a local restaurant and the bill comes to $84.16.  The waiter mentions that they offer a 7% discount off the total bill to students who show school ID, which you fortunately brought with you!  Your friend also has a coupon for the restaurant that will take 15% off the total bill. Suppose the restaurant takes the student discount off the bill first, and then they apply the coupon to that reduced amount.  What is your final bill (to the nearest cent)?

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Suppose you offer to take your friend out to dinner at a local restaurant and the bill comes to $84.16.  The waiter mentions that they offer a 7% discount off the total bill to students who show school ID, which you fortunately brought with you!  Your friend also has a coupon for the restaurant that will take 15% off the total bill.

Suppose the restaurant takes the student discount off the bill first, and then they apply the coupon to that reduced amount.  What is your final bill (to the nearest cent)?
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