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Jennifer buys 4.25 pounds of gummy worms for $2.96 per pound and 0.5 pounds of jaw

breakers for $4.95 per pound. Jennifer gives the clerk $20.00. If there is no sales tax on these
items, how much change should she receive?
In money form!

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Answer:

$4.94

Explanation:

Gummy worms cost $2.96 per lb, and she bought 4.25 lbs, so:

2.96 * 4.25 = $12.58 spent in gummy worms

Jaw breakers cost $4.95 per lb, and she bought 0.5 lbs, so:

4.95 * 0.5 = $2.48 spent in jaw breakers

Adding the gummy worms and the jaw breakers, she spent:

12.58 + 2.48 = 15.06 in Total

She gave the clerk $20.00, but she only spent only $15.06, so the clerk gave her back the difference:

20 - 15.06 = $4.94 is the change that she received

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