A plant nursery is having a sale. Potted begonias are marked down 27%, and tomato seedlings are marked down 35%. If you pay $6.57 each for two potted begonias and $2.60 each for three tomato seedlings, how much did you save?

The sale prices are the portions left after the markdowns. For begonias, $6.57 is 73% of the original price, so the savings on two are $13.14 × (27 ÷ 73) ≈ $4.86. For seedlings, $2.60 is 65% of the original price, so the savings on three are $7.80 × (35 ÷ 65) = $4.20. Together, you saved about $4.86 + $4.20 = $9.06, choice D.

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