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Hailey bought 3 pounds of apples for $7.70. How much did she pay per pound?

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Answer:

About $2.57

Explanation:

$7.70 / 3

2.566666667...

Rounds 2.566666667... to the nearest hundreth:

2.57

Double check:

$2.57 (a pound) × 3 (pounds) = $7.71

Since we rounded 2.566666667... to the nearest hundredth, the answer may be slightly off by a few decimals, and that's okay.

Therefore, this answer is correct.

Hailey pays about $2.57 per pound of apples.

User Sarvesh Yadav
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2.57 is the anwser. it comes out to be 2.56666667 which woukd round up to 2.57
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