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Updated on: 27 Sep 2019, 07:29
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A grocery store is having a sale on cherries. Usually, the cost is $6.99 per pound for cherries. This week, the price is 30% less. How much does a customer save if he purchases 2.5 pounds of cherries this week?
A. $2.10
B. $5.25
C. $4.89
D. $17.48
E. $4.20
A. $2.10
B. $5.25
C. $4.89
D. $17.48
E. $4.20
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Re: A grocery store is having a sale on cherries. Usually, the c
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27 Sep 2019, 06:19
27 Sep 2019, 06:19
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Carcass wrote:
A grocery store is having a sale on cherries. Usually, the cost is $6.99 per pound for cherries. This week, the price is 30% less. How much does a customer save if he purchases 23 pounds of cherries this week?
A. $2.10
B. $5.25
C. $4.89
D. $17.48
E. $4.20
A. $2.10
B. $5.25
C. $4.89
D. $17.48
E. $4.20
At the regular price of $6.99 per pound, the cost for 23 pounds of cherries = ($6.99)(23) ≈ ($7.00)(23) ≈ $161
If the sale price is 30% less, then the money savings ≈ 30% of $161
≈ (0.3)($161)
≈ $48.30
Hmmmmm!
Re: A grocery store is having a sale on cherries. Usually, the c
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27 Sep 2019, 06:23
27 Sep 2019, 06:23
GreenlightTestPrep wrote:
Carcass wrote:
A grocery store is having a sale on cherries. Usually, the cost is $6.99 per pound for cherries. This week, the price is 30% less. How much does a customer save if he purchases 23 pounds of cherries this week?
A. $2.10
B. $5.25
C. $4.89
D. $17.48
E. $4.20
A. $2.10
B. $5.25
C. $4.89
D. $17.48
E. $4.20
At the regular price of $6.99 per pound, the cost for 23 pounds of cherries = ($6.99)(23) ≈ ($7.00)(23) ≈ $161
If the sale price is 30% less, then the money savings ≈ 30% of $161
≈ (0.3)($161)
≈ $48.30
Hmmmmm!
I think the decimal points have to be moved one digit to the right (each number multiplied by 10).
