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A store sells 12 cans if nuts for 18$. how much would it cost you to buy 7 cans of nuts

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set them equal to each other so.
12/$18 = 7/?

12? = 18x7
12? = 126
divide by 12 on each side
? = 10.5 is the aswer
User FET
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So 12*1.5 gets you 18 so u mutiply 7*1.5 and get 10.5 but you will have to round so the answer would be 11
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