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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Maria has $45 to spend on CDs and batteries for her CD player. She will buy a pack of batteries for $3.65. Let c represent the cost of one CD. Which expression represents the number of CDs she can buy with the $45?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A (45 – 3.65) ÷ c B (45 – 3.65) × c C (3.65 – 45) ÷ c

mathslover (mathslover):

What you think should it be?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

B

mathslover (mathslover):

How?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

because it talks about subtracting

mathslover (mathslover):

Suppose you have $20 for buying pens and pencils. The pencils cost : $15 What would be the cost of all pends combined?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5

mathslover (mathslover):

Now. The pens have same price. let the cost be : c How many pens can u buy now with $5?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

none

mathslover (mathslover):

Each pen costs : $1 You have : $5 How many pens u can buy now?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5 pens

mathslover (mathslover):

How you got it? \(\cfrac{$ 5}{$ 1}\) ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is 5

mathslover (mathslover):

Yes... so now you have: Each CD costs : $ c You have money : $ (45-3.65) How many CDs you can buy?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

18

OpenStudy (anonymous):

41.35

mathslover (mathslover):

No! If you have money : $ 45 -3.65 and the cost of each pen as : \($ c\) then : no. of pens : \(\cfrac{\textbf{ Your money}}{\textbf{cost of each pen}}\)

mathslover (mathslover):

cn u tell me now?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

idk

mathslover (mathslover):

Your money = $(45-3.65) and cost of each pen = $ c put that in eqn .. (Above)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

= 41.35

mathslover (mathslover):

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