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Maya got prepaid debit card with $20 on it. For her first purchase with the card, she bought some bulk ribbon at a craft store.the price of the ribbon was 8 cents per yard.if after that purchase there was $18.96 left on the card,how many yards of ribbon did maya but?

Maya got prepaid debit card with $20 on it. For her first purchase with the card, she-example-1
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Since the initial amount on the card was $20 and the final one was $18.96; a total of 20-18.96=$1.04 were spent.

Finally, we need to divide the total spent amount by the cost per yard of the ribbon, as shown below


(1.04)/(0.08)=13

Thus, the answer is 13 yards.

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