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A loaf of bread costs $4.00 today. The same size loaf cost 20 cents in 1955. What percentage of today's price did someone pay for bread. Explain your thinking.

User Majoris
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Answer:

Your answer is 0.05 or5%

Explanation:

what you do is 20รท400=0.05=5%

User BountyHunter
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Answer:

$0.8, or 80 cents

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