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You have $10 to spend on charms and stickers. The equation 0.5x + 0.25y=10 represents this situation, where x is the number of charms and y is the number of stickers. How many stickers can you buy when you do not buy any charms?

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Answer:

It means a sticker costs $0.25 and a charm costs $0.5

Therefore without buying any charm

You can use $10 to buy 10/0.25

40 stickers

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Answer:

40

Explanation:

Since your only buying stickers you divide 10 by 0.25 to see how many you can purchase.

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