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Mr. and Mrs. Yamasaki want to buy a home valued at $280,000. If they have 15% of this amount saved

for a down payment, how much have they saved?

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Answer:

They would have $42,000 saved.

Step-by-step explanation: You take the money the home is valued at, which is $280,000, and you multiply it by 15%, or 0.15 and you can put this in a calculator for a faster and definite answer. Hope this helps ^-^.

User Jen
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Answer:

$42,000

Explanation:

280,000*0.15=42,000

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