Question

Cindy Decided to shop online she was buying books 6 dollars each and candles four dollars each She bought 14 items and spent$78how many books did she buy

Answer 1

• 11 books
• 3 candles

Explanation:

We can let x represent the number of book bought. Then the total purchase amount is ...

6x +4(14-x) = 78

2x = 22 . . . . . . . . . subtract 56 and collect terms

x = 11

Cindy bought 11 books.

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She bought 14-11 = 3 candles.