school is purchasing copies of The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy for its English classes. Each copy costs the school $6.99. If the school pays a $25.00 flat shipping fee, the order cost, C, is represented by the equation below. c=(6.99)b+25.00 If the school spends $751.96 on the order, how many books, b, did they purchase?

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anonymous · Answer

replace c by 751.96 to write 
$$751.96=6.99b+25.00$$ and solve for b

anonymous · Answer

=?

anonymous · Answer

after some algebra you will get 
$$b=104$$

anonymous · Answer

thanks