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Joanne had $115 to spend at the mall. She spent 23% of that money on a shirt. Joanne spent___on that shirt. Explain! :3

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Answer:

$20

Explanation:

23/115=?/100

23*100=2300

2300/115=20

User Yannick MG
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She spent $26.45 you can know that by changing 23% to a decimal which is moving the the decimal point two places to the left which would make it 0.23 then you multiply 0.23 by 115 which is how much money she had then you get your answer of 26.45
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