Question

Diane bought some books for $5 each and received a discount of $7 off of her total purchase. She spent $58 after the discount. How many books did she buy?

Answer 1

She bought 13 books.

Explanation:

Start by adding $7 to $58 then divied the sum by 5.

Answer 2

Diane bought 13 books.

Explanation:

Since we know that after her purchase it will minus 7 off of her total purchase then we can add 7 to 58 to see how much money she spent in total.

58 + 7 = 65.

Now we divide 65 by 5.

65/5 = 13

So, the answer is 13.

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