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document.write( "If a 4.4-pound bag of dog food costs \r\n" );
document.write( "$3.52, what is the cost per pound? \r\n" );
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document.write( "It may help you to remember that the \r\n" );
document.write( "little word \"PER\" always means\r\n" );
document.write( "\"DIVIDED BY\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Cost PER pound\" then means \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Cost DIVIDED BY pounds\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "or if you prefer,\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Cost OVER pounds\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Either way put the cost $3.52 \r\n" );
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document.write( "OVER\r\n" );
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document.write( "the pounds, 4.4 lbs.,\r\n" );
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document.write( "like this\r\n" );
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document.write( "  3.52 dollars\r\n" );
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document.write( "   4.4 lb\r\n" );
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document.write( "divide that out and get\r\n" );
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document.write( ".8 which should be \r\n" );
document.write( "interpreted as\r\n" );
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document.write( ".80 dollars/lb  \r\n" );
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document.write( "or in cents,\r\n" );
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document.write( "80 cents/lb\r\n" );
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