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Your mother gave you $13.35 to buy a present. This covered 3/5 of the cost. Write and solve an algebraic equation to find the cost of the present.

User SlimJim
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The present cost

$22.20

Step-by-step explanation:

Represent the cost of the present by the variable

c

We are told

XXX

3

5

×

c

=

$

13.32

(this is the requested equation)

Multiplying both sides by

5

3

(to get rid of the fraction on the right side)

XXX

5

3

×

3

5

×

c

=

$

13.32

$

4.44

×

5

3

XXX

c

=

$

22.20

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