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The greatest amount of money kiara has to spend $20.she wants to buy a book for $12 and spend the remaining money on name tags for her luggage. Each name tag $12 cost $2. how many number of tags, x, kiara can buy for her luggage?

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Final answer:

To find the number of name tags Kiara can buy for her luggage, subtract the cost of the book from her total budget. Divide her remaining budget by the cost of each name tag to find the number of name tags she can buy.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of name tags Kiara can buy for her luggage, we need to subtract the cost of the book from her total budget.

Kiara has $20 to spend and the book costs $12, so she has $20 - $12 = $8 left.

The cost of each name tag is $2, so to find the number of name tags Kiara can buy, we divide her remaining budget by the cost of each name tag.

Kiara can buy $8 / $2 = 4 name tags for her luggage.

Therefore, Kiara can buy 4 number of tags for her luggage.

User Drlue
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Write an equation.

You have 20 dollars as a budget, add to the equation.

20

Add the cost of the book

20 = 12

Then, add the luggage tag cost.

20 = 12 + 2x

Solve for x by subtracting 12 from both sides

8 = 2x

Divide by 2

4 = x

4 is your answer
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