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Percy buys tomatoes that cost $0.58 per pound. He pays $2.03 for the tomatoes. (Part A) Percy estimates he bought 4 pounds of tomatoes. Is Percy's estimate reasonable? Explain. (Part B) How many pounds of tomatoes did PERCY actually buy? Show your work.

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A) Yes because If you divide $2.03 by $0.58 it would equal 3.5 which could be rounded up to 4
B) Percy bought 3.5 pounds of tomatoes
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