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Jon bought four binders at ​$2.99 each. He had a coupon for ​$1 off. His mom paid for half of the remaining cost. Write and evaluate a numerical expression to find how much Jon paid toward the purchase of the binders.
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Part 1
Which of the following is the numerical expression which represents what Jon ​paid?
A.left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis plus 1 right bracket divided by 2
left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis plus 1 right bracket divided by 2
B.left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis minus 1 right bracket
left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis minus 1 right bracket
C.left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis plus 1 right bracket
left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis plus 1 right bracket
D.left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis plus 2 right bracket divided by 2
left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis plus 2 right bracket divided by 2
E.left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis minus 2 right bracket
left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis minus 2 right bracket
F.left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis minus 1 right bracket divided by 2
left bracket left parenthesis 4 times 2.99 right parenthesis minus 1 right bracket divided by 2
Which of the following is the numerical expression which represents what Jon paid?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The correct expression is F: (4 × 2.99 − 1) ÷ 2.

Compute: 4×2.99 = 11.96; 11.96 − 1 = 10.96; 10.96 ÷ 2 = 5.48. Jon paid $5.48.