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A man bought a chair for $35.50, adesk for $125.55, and a lamp for$24.75. What was the total cost ofthe items?

Answer :

$185.8

Explanation

To find the total we must add the value of the 3 items

so

Step 1

a)given

[tex]\begin{gathered} chair:\text{ 35.50} \\ desk\text{ : 125.55} \\ lamp:\text{ 24.75} \end{gathered}[/tex]

so, the total cost is

[tex]total\text{ cost= cost of chair+cost of desk+cost of lamp}[/tex]

replace and do the addtion

[tex]\begin{gathered} total\text{ cost=35.50+125.55+24.75} \\ total\text{ cost=185.8} \end{gathered}[/tex]

so, the total cost of the items is $185.8

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