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Parmesan cheese was on sale for $13.60 per pound. Wesley bought a piece of the Parmesan cheese that weighed 1 1/8 pounds. How much did he pay?

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cross multiply 11/8 with the price 13.60 to get a price of $18.7
User Vasiliy Stavenko
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13.60 * 1 1/8 =
13.60 * 9/8 =
122.4/8 =
15.30 <==
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