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Autumn has a gift card to buy candy at a candy shop. The initial value of the gift card is 25 dollars. The function v=25-2.50c represents the amount of money still left on the gift card v after purchasing c candy. Find the zero of this function. Describe what this value means in this context.​

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You have an initial amount of 25 dollars. Apparently, every candy costs 2.50 dollars, because you subtract 2.50c for c candies.

The zero of the function is


25-2.5c=0 \iff 25=2.5c \iff c=(25)/(2.5)=10

So, you can buy 10 candies with the gift card.

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