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At Foodtown supermarket, the honey turkey meat was on sale for $7.50 per pound. How many pounds of honey turkey can you purchase with $10.50? Round to the nearest tenth of a pound.

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Answer:

1.4 lb :)

Explanation:

Alright!

So, the meat costs $7.50 per pound.

If you have $10.50, this means you can afford about 10.50 / 7.50 pounds of meat!

This simplifies to 21 / 15 = 1.4 lb :)

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