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[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

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A taxi driver starts from the company and continuously picks up five batches of passengers on a road running east-west. If it is stipulated that east is positive and west is negative, the taxi's recorded distances traveled are as follows (unit: kilometers): +5, -4, +2, -3, +8.
$(1)$ After the driver picks up the fifth batch of passengers, in what direction is he from the company? How far is he?
$(2)$ If the taxi consumes 0.2 liters of fuel per kilometer, calculate the amount of fuel consumed during this process.
$(3)$ If the taxi's fare standard is $7 for a distance not exceeding 3 kilometers, and $1.5 per kilometer for the part exceeding 3 kilometers, calculate the total fare received by the driver after completing the trips for the five batches of passengers.

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