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Tom wants to buy his wife a bouquet of flowers for their anniversary. He decides to get them delivered to her work. Tom spends 20 dollars on the roses. He is charged $1.25 per rose and an additional $5 for a card. How many roses did Tom send his wife?.



User Gozzilli
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ANSWER:Tom sent 16 to his wife

first you have to get the cost of each rose then divide that by 20 to get the total amount of roses received
User Tbking
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Tom sent 16 roses to his wife

Explanation:

20/1.25=16

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