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Question

8. Joan Smith bought an IBS Personal Computer priced at $1,688. She put down 40%. What is the amount of the down payment Joan made ?

Answer 1

Hi Avery,

Joan Smith bought an IBS Personal Computer priced at $1,688. She put down 40%. What is the amount of the down payment Joan made ?

Given:

Computer Costs: $1,688

Down payment: 40%

Find amount of Down Payment.

In words; She put down 40% of the total cost of the computer.

This translates to 40% X Total Cost (In this problem, of translates to the math operation Multiply)

Down Payment = 0.40 x 1688 = $675.20

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