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Sarah has $235 dollars to spend on jewelry at the local Pandora store in the mall. She

wants to spend $80 on a pair of earrings for her sister and the rest of the money on
different necklaces. Each necklace costs $17 and tax is included in all prices. Write
and solve an equation that can be used to find the number of necklaces, n, She can buy?

User Frawel
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Answer: 9 necklaces

Explanation:

80 + 17x = 235

17x = 235 - 80

x = 155/17 = 9.11

User Hyeonseo Yang
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