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Payton goes shopping. She finds two shirts. One costs $24.97 and the other costs $13.75. She needs to know if she has enough money to buy both shirts. Using mental math, she rounds $24.97 to $25.00 and adds that to $13.75 to get $38.75. How does Payton need to compensate to find the exact total of the two shirts?

A.
Subtract $0.03.

B.
Add $0.03.

C.
Add $0.25.

D.
Subtract $0.28.

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Answer:

Subtract $0.03

Explanation:

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