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Coffee costs $1.75 a pound. How much would 3.2 pounds of coffee cost?

User Alfio
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Answer:

$5.60

Explanation:

So each pound equals to $1.75 which means that we need to multiply by 3.2 because we're trying to find the number of money we'll spend on a certain amount of coffee. So if we multiply, we get 5.6. Though in context with the problem, it should be $5.60.

User Zerium
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5.6 all you need to do is multiply them
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