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in a recent year, the price of a gallon of home heating oil was $1.28. The price then rose .6 cent, dropped .2 cent and then rose .5 cent. By how much did the price change during
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in a recent year, the price of a gallon of home heating oil was $1.28. The price then rose .6 cent, dropped .2 cent and then rose .5 cent. By how much did the price change during that period?
Please write your answer as a complete sentence and must show all work.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Starting @ 1.28+.006=1.286 for the first increase,
Then it dropped from 1.286-.002=1.284 after this drop.
Then it rose 1.284+.005=1.289 after this increase.
Thus the final price of the gas is $1.289 per gallon afterthe 2 increases & the one decrease in price.
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