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You bought a magazine for $3 and some

candy bars for $2 each. You spent a total.
of $19. How many candy bars did you do
buy?

User Sflee
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2 Answers

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Answer:

8 candy bars

Explanation:

Transform the question to an equation:

3 + 2x = 19

Solve:

2x = 16

x = 8

Check the answer:

3 + 2 (8) = 19

3 + 16 = 19

True

User Matthias Meid
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Hello There!

A magazine costs $3 and some candy bars. Let’s represent the number of candy bars as “X”

19-3=16 so that’s how much money is spent on candy bars.

If $16 is spent on candy bars then 8 candy bars were bought.

User Stefan Pries
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