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  • 20-01-2022
  • Mathematics
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Cindy Decided to shop online she was buying books 6 dollars each and candles four dollars each She bought 14 items and spent$78how many books did she buy

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sqdancefan
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  • 20-01-2022

Answer:

  • 11 books
  • 3 candles

Step-by-step explanation:

We can let x represent the number of book bought. Then the total purchase amount is ...

  6x +4(14-x) = 78

  2x = 22 . . . . . . . . . subtract 56 and collect terms

  x = 11

Cindy bought 11 books.

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She bought 14-11 = 3 candles.

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