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The prices of items sold in a shop were as follows:

The prices of items sold in a shop were as follows:
1. 1 kg sugar @ sh 120
2. 1 kg rice @ sh 160
3. 1 kg cooking fat @ sh 144
4. 1 loaf of bread @ sh 45
Subira bought 2 kg of sugar, 1 kg of rice, half a kg of cooking fat and 3 loaves of bread. She gave the shopkeeper a sh 1,000 note. What balance did she get?

A. sh 321
B. sh 393
C. sh 531
D. sh 607

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The correct answer is [B]

Wilfykil answered the question on July 30, 2019 at 09:15

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