Substitute to find the value of the expression.
-In one store, bananas cost 60 cents per pound. The cost, in dollars, of x pounds of bananas is $0.6 \mathrm { x }$. What is the cost of $1.3$ pounds of bananas?
A) $\$ 0.98$
B) $\$ 0.22$
C) $\$ 2.17$
D) $\$ 0.78$

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To find the cost of 1.3 pounds of bananas, substitute $x = 1.3$ into the expression $0.6x$: $0.6 \times 1.3 = 0.78$. Thus, the cost is \$0.78.

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