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Jimmy works at a carnival to raise money for his church. He sold chips and sodas. Chips were sold for $1.50 each. Sodas were sold for $1.75 each. Jimmy sold 150 items in total. Of the items sold 2/5 were chips and the remaining items were sodas. How much money did Jimmy raise from the sodas that were sold?

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$90.00
$157.50
$43.50
$70.50

User Ka
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Answer:

it's 157.50

Explanation:

you divide 150 by 5 . Then you multiple 30 by 3 to get 3/5 of the sales. Then you multiple 90 by 1.75 and you get your answer

User Dieter Pisarewski
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