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?
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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
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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?
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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
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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)
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