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Denny's, just off the San Bernardino Freeway in Pomona, California, specializes in a Super Slam breakfast selling for $$7.$ Assume daily fixed costs are $$1,575,$ and variable costs are $$5$ per meal. With a capacity of $750$ meals per day, the restaurant serves an average of $700$ meals each day.

$($a$.)$ Determine the current average cost per meal. Round your answer to two decimal places.

$($b$.)$ A busload of $30$ Girl Scouts stops on its way home from the San Bernardino National Forest. The leader offers to bring them in if the scouts can all be served a meal for a total of $$195.$ The owner refuses, saying he would lose $$0\mathrm{.}75$ per meal if he accepted this offer. How do you think the owner arrived at the $$0\mathrm{.}75$ figure?

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