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Gold is worth 8 dollars per ounce

and 1 gold bar is 10 ounces.
If Ethan bought 320 dollars worth of
gold, how many gold bars did he buy?

User ShrapNull
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Answer:400

Explanation:

1 gold bar=10 ounces

1 gold bar=10*8=80 dollars

step 2: 320*10/8=3200/8=400

step 3: 320 dollars is worth 400 gold bars

User Laszlo Hunyadi
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Answer:

Ethan bought 4 gold bars

Explanation:

$320 divided by $8 per ounce

there is 40 ounces of gold

40 divided by 10 is 4