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Ada had $42 to spend on a binder and 11 spiral notebooks. The binder cost $9 what was the price of each spiral notebook?

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$3.00 each. $42-$9= $33 remaining 33/11=3
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the price for each one was 3 dollars :)
9 + 11x = 42
subtract 9 from each side
11x = 33
divide by 11
x = 3
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