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Delaney has $28.00 and buys a shirt for $14.00. Delaney used the equation 14x = 28 to model her scenario, where x represents the amount of money she has left. After solving her equation, Delaney says the
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Delaney has $28.00 and buys a shirt for $14.00.

Delaney used the equation 14x = 28 to model her scenario, where x represents the amount of money she has left.
After solving her equation, Delaney says the solution, x = 2, means that she has $2.00 left. Is she CORRECT? Why or why
not?

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No, this means she has 2 times 14 total. if she does 28/2 she will get 14. she has $14 left.
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