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A group of employees and their spouses are dining out at a fancy restaurant. When the bill for the meal comes, they initially decide to split it equally among the eight employees of the same company. Then, a spouse insists on paying a share, so they split the bill equally among nine people: this reduces the per-person share by $5. What was the total price of the bill? 

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