Melissa's boyfriend gave her a 2-pound heart-shaped box of chocolates. The box had 68 pieces of chocolate. What was the average
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Answer:
Cheryl is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
Cheryl solved a problem : 84 ÷ 0.01 = 8,400.
This is absolutely right.
When we divide any whole number with the divisor having decimal, we change the divisor to a whole number before performing the division.
To do this, we multiply both the numbers (divisor and dividend) by the same power of 10, until the divisor is a whole number.
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to make divisor a whole number we will again multiply both the numbers by 10.
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= 8,400
Now answer would be 8400.
Therefore, Cheryl is correct.