Louis is very hungry when he spots a hot dog stand. The stand sells soft drinks for $1.25 each and hot dogs for $2.50 each. Louis has $21 in his pocket and he really wants to buy one soft drink and as

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Answer:

7 hot dogs

Explanation:

Set up an equation:

2.5x + 1.25 = 21

2.5x = 19.75

x = 7.9

You cannot buy .9 of a hot dog, so the answer is 7

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