As a shift supervisor auditing a retail cash drawer, you set up the equation ${}0.10d + 0.05(d - 5) = 2.15$ to determine the number of dimes and nickels. To solve this equation by clearing the decimals, what is the smallest power of 10 you must multiply the entire equation by to eliminate all decimal points?

As a vending machine operator reconciling the day's collection, you use the equation ${}0.10d + 0.05(d - 5) = 2.15$ to determine the number of dimes ($d$) in the coin box. Arrange the following steps in the correct chronological order to solve for $d$ using the method of clearing decimals.

In a retail cash audit, you are solving the equation ${}0.10d + 0.05(d - 5) = 2.15$ to determine the number of dimes ($d$) in a register. Match each mathematical operation to the resulting equation or value in the step-by-step solution process.

When an inventory manager uses the equation ${}0.10d + 0.05(d - 5) = 2.15$ to account for a collection of dimes and nickels, they can clear the decimals by multiplying the entire equation by 100. This choice of multiplier is based on the fact that the decimals in the equation extend to the ____ place.

A business analyst is using the equation ${}0.10d + 0.05(d - 5) = 2.15$ to calculate shipping surcharges for an inventory order. To clear the decimals in this equation as a first step in the solving process, the analyst should multiply both sides of the equation by 100.

Clearing Decimals in Retail Auditing

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