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Mr. Allen sells fruit trees to raise money for charity. He sells each fruit tree for the same amount. He also donates a fixed amount of money to the charity
in addition to his fruit tree sales. The equation shown below represents his sales and donation to charity last week.
45.75x + 2,500 = 6,526
The solution to Mr. Allen's equation is x = 88. What does the solution represent?
O Mr. Allen sold each fruit tree for $88.
O Mr. Allen sold 88 fruit trees last week.
O Mr. Allen gave a total of $8,800 to charity last week.
O Mr. Allen's fixed amount that he gave to charity was $88.
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Answer 1

Mr. Allen sold 88 fruit trees last week

Explanation:

1) Mr. Allen gives a fixed amount of money to charity in addition to the amount of fruit trees he sells.

2) This fixed amount is $2500

3) $45.75 is the amount of money Mr. Allen makes per tree

4) This means that X = The amount of trees Mr. Allen sold last week