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The equation below represents the situation: At the carnival, cookies cost $5 each and lemonades cost $2 each. If you want to spend exactly $36 and you buy 8 lemonades, how many cookies can you buy? use your equation to solve for the value of c, or the number of cookies you can buy.

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Answer:

you would be able to buy 4 cookies.

Step-by-step explanation: 8 lemonades would be $16 so you add $20 from 4 cookies and you get $36 :D

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