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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

Voldemort bought ounces of ice cream at an ice cream shop. Each ounce cost \0.60.$ How much money, in dollars, did he have to pay?
Solution
First let's convert to a fraction. Let and multiply both sides of this equation by 10 to obtain . Subtracting the left-hand sides and as well as the right-hand sides and of these two equations gives , which implies . As we know, . We multiply the two fractions to get Voldemort had to pay \boxed{\4}$ for the ice cream.
Final answer
\$4