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Last week, the price of pears at the store was $1.15 per pound. This week, the price has increased by 20%. What is the price of pears this week? plz help

Last week, the price of pears at the store was $1.15 per pound. This week, the price has increased by 20%. What is the price of pears this week? plz help
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Last week, the price of pears at the store was $1.15 per pound. This week, the price has increased by 20%. What is the price of pears this week?

plz help

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User Thomas Lielacher
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1.38 :) it said I need to use more characters so this is me using more characters Tehehe
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User Ravi Thummar
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Answer:

$1.38

Explanation:

$1.15 = 100%

So...

$1.15 + (1/5.1.15) =

$1.15 + $0.23 = $1.38

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