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You have $12 to spend on lip balm and hand sanitizer. The equation

1.5x + 2.5y = 12 represents this situation, where x is tubes of lip
balm and y is bottles of hand sanitizer.
How many tubes of lip balm can you buy when you do not buy
any bottles of hand sanitizer?

User Zbr
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Answer:

8 Tubes

Explanation:

12/1.5=8

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