Yesterday, Consuela bought some fudge and carmels for $5.25. She bought 2 pieces of fudge at 50 cents a piece and some caramels at 25 cents each. She gave some caramels to her friend Carrie. Now she has 2 pieces of fudge and 10 caramels. If consuela did not eat any candy yet, how many caramels did Carrie receive?

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Yesterday, Consuela bought some fudge and carmels for $5.25. She bought 2 pieces of fudge at 50 cents a piece and some caramels at 25 cents each. She gave some caramels to her friend Carrie. Now she has 2 pieces of fudge and 10 caramels.  If consuela did not eat any candy yet, how many caramels did Carrie receive?

Extrinix · Answer

Ok, to start find out how many of each item you have,

$2$ pieces of fudge for $50¢~($1)$
$x$ amount of caramels at $25¢$ each, (meaning there is $17$ caramels)

from those you can figure out how much she has left