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Algebra.Com's Answer #689905 by jorel1380(3719) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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10% of the store's customers return their merchandise, so in the next 8 transactions you would expect .1 x 8, or .8 of a customer to return their goods (rounded off to 1 person). ☺☺☺☺ \n" ); document.write( "

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