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Tony misplaced 777 stamps from his collection. He knows that each stamp of his is worth $0.15, and that the total value of them is now only $5.55. How many stamps did he originally have? *Please include
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Tony misplaced 777 stamps from his collection. He knows that each stamp of his is worth $0.15, and that the total value of them is now only $5.55. How many stamps did he originally have? *Please include equation*

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Let s = number of stamps originally Then, 0.15(s - 7) = 5.55 0.15s - 1.05 = 5.55 0.15s = 6.60 s = 44 stamps
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