Question

Samuel wants to buy a snake for $288 and the pet store owner wants him to make 6 equal payments of $49. 6 StartLongDivisionSymbol 288 EndLongDivisionSymbol minus 240 = 48. 48 minus 48 to get a remainder of 0 and a quotient of 49. What error did the pet store owner make? There is a multiplication error. The payment should be $48 per month. There is a multiplication error. The payment should be $58 per month. 6 goes into 288 forty-six times. The answer is $46. 6 goes into 48 nine times. $49 is correct.

Answer 1

There is a multiplication error. The payment should be $48 per month.

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Answer 2

There is a multiplication error. The payment should be $48 per month.

Explanation: