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) During the first year Sherry worked as a lifeguard, she was paid at a rate of $12.75 per hour. At the beginning of her second year, she received a 5 percent raise. Which of the following strategies gives the amount of Sherry’s raise?

A) Divide $12.75 by 5 to find the number of cents in Sherry’s raise.
B) Divide $12.75 by 2 to find the number of cents in Sherry’s raise.
C) Divide by 10 by moving the decimal point in $12.75 one place to the left, then divide the result by 5 to find the number of dollars in Sherry’s raise.
D) Divide by 10 by moving the decimal point in $12.75 one place to the left, then divide the result by 2 to find the number of dollars in Sherry’s raise

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