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At the market, potatoes cost $1.15 per pound. Imagine you bought $3.45 worth of potatoes. How many pounds of potatoes did you buy? Explain a strategy you could use to solve this problem.

User Brycejl
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You bought 3 potatoes

3.45/1.15
= 3

To check:
3.45/3
=1.15

Hope this helps!! :))
User Karishma Malkan
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