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so the question says im at dicks looking for new balls for the team because the ones we have are deflated and it cost $56 per each ball if i have $198.98 how many balls will i be able to but at the dicks store

User Wenzul
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4 votes

Answer:

The answer is 6

Explanation:

You can buy 6 balls.

User Dimlucas
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Answer:

3

Explanation:

We cannot but partial balls so we need whole number of balls.

we can use units to easily visualze the issue.

56 $/ball and we have $198.98. We need balls so we do

198.98 / 56 = 3.55

We can at most buy 3 balls.

EXTRA: 56 * 3 = 168

will have 30.98 leftover

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