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Rebecca paid $25.80 to place an advertisement in a local newspaper. The total cost is determined by a

$5.00 set up cost and then a $0.40 per word cost. How many words were in Rebecca's
advertisement?

User Fortisimo
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52 words, you subtract 5.00 then divide 20.80 by 0.04 and get 52
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