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Ruth wants to buy a skateboard for $56. She has $90 in her account. She spent $11.65 to buy stationary. She also wants to buy some comic books for $3.72 each. What is the maximum number of comic books, n, that Ruth can buy so that she has enough money left to buy the skateboard?

n ≤ 16


n ≥ 6


n ≥ 16


n ≤ 6
please help me!!!!

User Mowgli
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I’m sorry, what am I supposed to do with those n’s and 16s?
User Stefan Tilkov
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The answer is the second one I dont have that symbol on my keyboard but it’s the second answer on the multi choice
90-11.65-56=22.35
divide that by 3.72 u get 6 so she can only get six comics or any whole positive number lower than that. Therefore it’s #2
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