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Ella bought balance beam online.It Cost$249plus 29%shipping and handling.What Was The Total Cost?

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Answer: $321.21

Work Shown:

29% of 249 = 0.29*249 = 72.21

Shipping and handling is $72.21

This adds onto the original cost to get 249+72.21 = 321.21

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A shortcut is to multiply by 1.29 since 1.29 = 1 + 0.29 = 100% + 29%

so, 1.29*249 = 321.21 and we get the same answer

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