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A 6-pound watermelon costs $2.40 before a 30% discount. Which equation would allow you to find the discounted price of the watermelon?

A 6-pound watermelon costs $2.40 before a 30% discount. Which equation would allow you to find the discounted price of the watermelon?
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A 6-pound watermelon costs $2.40 before a 30% discount. Which equation would allow you to find the discounted price of the watermelon?

User Murat Yasar
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Do 2.40 times .3 (you turn the percentage into a decimal and move it forward 2 spaces) and you get .72 so you subtract that from 2.40 and get 1.68
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d = 0.7 x $2.40 that is the answer

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