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QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40
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At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 cents each. During a recent sale, the price was reduced to 3 apples for a dollar. How much money would be saved by purchasing 30 apples at the sale price?
A. $1
B. $1.50
C. $2
D. $2.50
E. $3
A. $1
B. $1.50
C. $2
D. $2.50
E. $3
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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40
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30 apples at 40 cents apiece cost $12. Buying 30 apples at 3 per dollar would cost $10. Therefore, the sale price is $2 less than the normal price.
30 apples at 40 cents apiece cost $12. Buying 30 apples at 3 per dollar would cost $10. Therefore, the sale price is $2 less than the normal price.
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Re: QOTD#22 At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40
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sandy wrote:
At the local grocery store, apples normally cost 40 cents each. During a recent sale, the price was reduced to 3 apples for a dollar. How much money would be saved by purchasing 30 apples at the sale price?
A. $1
B. $1.50
C. $2
D. $2.50
E. $3
A. $1
B. $1.50
C. $2
D. $2.50
E. $3
At regular price, 30 apples cost 30 x 0.40 = 12 dollars.
At the sale price, 30 apples cost 30 x 1/3 = 10 dollars.
So at the sale price, a total of 2 dollars is saved.
Answer: C
