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The late fee for library books is $2.00 plus 15¢ each day for a book that is late. If monicas late fee is $2.75, write and solve a linear equation to find how many days late her book is

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it is five. x equals five.
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The equation would look like this: 2.00 + 0.15x = 2.75
- 2.00 - 2.00
0.15x = 0.75
÷ 0.15 ÷ 0.15
x = 5 days
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