Section 5 Q6

6. A hospital pharmacy charges $0.40 per fluidram of a certain medicine but allows a discount of 15 percent to Medicare patients. How much should the pharmacy charge a Medicare patient for 3 fluidounces of the medicine?(128 fluidrams = 16 fluidounces)
(A) $9.60
(B) $8.16
(C) $3.20
(D) $2.72
(E) $1.02


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