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Hailey spent $12 to buy 2 fish her cousin spent double the amount on fish each fish cost the same amount how many fish do Hailey and her cousin have altogether

User Jaki
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Hailey spent $12 for two fish. Her cousin spent double $12+12=24 so her cousin got 4 fish. You add the number of fish Hailey bought plus the number of fish her cousin bought and you get 6. 2+4=6
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12 divided by 2 is 6. Each fist costs $6.

Hope that helped:)
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