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document.write( "The cost is the product 72 times 2 3/8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's calculate it mentally.\r\n" );
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document.write( "72 times 2 cents is 144 cents.\r\n" );
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document.write( "72 times 3/8 is  9 times 3, or 27 cents.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we need to add 144 and 27 mentally.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add 144 cents and 30 cents - it gives 174 cents.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now subtract 3 cents from 174 cents and get 171 cent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The cost was 171 cents, or $1.71.\r\n" );
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