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You have 59 to spend on lip balm and hand sanitizer. The equation 1.5x + 2.5y = 9 represents this situation, where x is tubes of lip balm and y is bottles of hand sanitizer.

How many tubes of lip balm can you buy when you do not buy any bottles of hand sanitizer?

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Answer:

Explanation:

you have to keep the x and the y sepret and then you can divied one by nine then you get the answer so there you go

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